Longhorn to be named Windows Vista?
[news=http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/6251/msvistanew3bh.gif]Bob Stein has just posted that the next version Windows, currently codenamed 'Longhorn', will in fact be named Windows Vista.
Update: Microsoft has just posted their 6AM PST Press Release confirming that Windows: Codename Longhorn will be called Windows Vista. Microsoft has also launched their official "Windows Vista" web page. Announced on the page: "Beta 1, targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by August 3rd 2005".
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So, how is Seattle this time of year, then, IKE?
One has to wonder what was wrong about just calling it Longhorn, 'cos I can't say that Vista is much of an improvement.
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IKE was right! That all expenses paid trip to Seattle really paid off for FST.
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:sick: can't say i like that name much.
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I think it's ok, it's creative
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Has a nice ring to it.Vista vista
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Originally Posted by Hanz™
Longhorn is a great name, Vista is an awful one.
Blackcomb was also a really good name, but they dropped that as well.
BC is after LH
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Longhorn makes me think of cowboys :blink:
Which, when you consider the way that Microsoft operate............ :rolleyes: