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Thread ID: 60111 2005-07-22 23:44:00 Was Longhorn, now "Vista", beta: 3 August Strommer (42) PC World Chat
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374516 2005-07-22 23:44:00 Next-generation operating system aims to bring more 'clarity' :rolleyes: :nerd: ; formerly was code-named Longhorn.
July 22, 2005: 6:24 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Microsoft announced Friday that it will call its next-generation operating system "Windows Vista." The much-anticipated operating system had formerly been code-named "Longhorn."

Microsoft also unveiled the Windows Vista Web site and said the first beta test version of the system, which will be targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by Aug. 3. The system is scheduled to be released late next year.

Previous Windows releases have been named by year number or by a moniker -- such as Windows XP -- to describe the release itself.

Rest of article here (money.cnn.com)

See MS Vista site here (www.microsoft.com)
Strommer (42)
374517 2005-07-23 02:05:00 hmmmmm interesting techiekid (7219)
374518 2005-07-23 02:35:00 That would have to be about as craptastic a name as anyone could come up. Metla (12)
374519 2005-07-23 02:52:00 That would have to be about as craptastic a name as anyone could come up.
good name for a crap OS if you ask me
sambaird (47)
374520 2005-07-23 03:54:00 That would have to be about as craptastic a name as anyone could come up.

Actually Met, the name fits perfectly: Billy sees the vista of more money, more monopoly! :lol:
Strommer (42)
374521 2005-07-23 04:23:00 When is he first "Critical Update" due out. Two days later? JJJJJ (528)
374522 2005-07-23 07:05:00 Good one Jack ;)

Personally Im sick of the same old windows logo.....
Chilling_Silence (9)
374523 2005-07-23 08:05:00 lts look at acronyms of vista . . . .

Volunteers In Service To America
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Value Integrated Service Team Assistance
Very Intelligent Surveillance and Target Acquisition
Very Intense Strategic Tickle Attack
Virtual Interim Scholastic Training Assemblage
Visible And Infrared Survey Telescope For Astronomy
Vision Imagination Style Theme And Artistry
Vision Imagination Style Theme Artistry
Visual Interactive Simulation Tools And Applications
Volvo International Service Technical Association

Interesting but not what i had in mind . . . . . . . .


or from the Dictionary

1 . A view into the distance, especially one bounded narrowly on both sides, eg by rows of trees .

2 . A mental vision extending over a lengthy period of time into the future or past .




thats more what i had in mind . . . . . .
so . . . . .

A product that " . . . . . . is bounded narrowly . . . . "
" . . . a lengthy period of time into the future . . . . "


the name sounds to sum it up well :-)
robsonde (120)
374524 2005-07-23 10:31:00 A product that "......is bounded narrowly...."
"...a lengthy period of time into the future...."


the name sounds to sum it up well :-)
Yea i think so to
sambaird (47)
374525 2005-07-23 10:45:00 I'm failing to see the problem with "You don't like it, you don't buy it". Or am I missing something? Edward (31)
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