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Friday, July 22, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Longhorn has a product name.  Windows Vista.

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-OZZY-
Reply #1 Friday, July 22, 2005 8:31 AM
Vista ? they prolly have a good reason for that...but what ?

horiz0n
Reply #2 Friday, July 22, 2005 9:15 AM
I like longhorn better

PixelPirate
Reply #3 Friday, July 22, 2005 9:23 AM
vis·ta
n.

1)
a) A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
An avenue or other passage affording such a view.

2)
An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: “the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up” (Arthur C. Danto).

Sum Dum Guy
Reply #4 Friday, July 22, 2005 9:29 AM
All things considered as far as Micro$oft's technical and practical ambitions go for this product, the name fits.

We'll just have to wait and see if that moniker applies, once we consumers get our mitts on it.

pixel-Master Draco
Reply #5 Friday, July 22, 2005 9:45 AM
I like longhorn better



i agree, looks to much like visa

syonin
Reply #6 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:16 AM
Sienfield Cronicles perhaps?
Del Boca Vista?

or That 70's Show...
The Vista Cruiser?

PixieChick
Reply #7 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:21 AM
I think I like Longhorn better. Not so sure about Vista. My first thought was "an automobile?"

Sleeping Dragon
Reply #8 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:32 AM
I'm sure folks from Texas like Longhorn better. I like Vista. It coincides with "windows" better than a steer does.

TexasJoe
Reply #9 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:32 AM
Well "Longhorn" sounded like a tribute to Texas! Now "Vista" sounds more Mexican to me. Never mind ah like'em both equally... True though a Windows box labeled Longhorn would have gotten lotsa folks down here to get curious about the content. Well ah'll be darned... (I do know it's the name of some Starbucks-like café in British Columbia folks at MS loved to take a chill at)

Dancegod
Reply #10 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:46 AM
Well i can tell you that it's a good name for us latins (i'm from Portugal, no it's not part of Spain!). Vista can mean "a view to".
Good name

FGCUartist
Reply #11 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:47 AM
I agree with PixieChick, I first thought automotive as well... I guess it's ok, but what will they rename it for the tablet version? Zephyr?? after all where is the logical progression? 3.1, 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000, XP...Vista? I'd say either way with Longhorn or Vista, the prblem with the name is the word "Windows" how about "Mircosoft Longhorn" or "Microsoft Vista" not "Windows Vista", a vista is something you'd see through a window so it seems redundant..... if anything for the logical progression, how about "Windows NM" for "New Millenium", or maybe "Microsoft AW" for "After Windows" or for that matter even just a simple "Windows 2006" would suffice...

RPGFX
Reply #12 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:47 AM
Personally, I don't give a crap about the name... just as long as the product is a good one. But I did always think Longhorn was stupid...

Airshark
Reply #13 Friday, July 22, 2005 10:57 AM
Without all the features they've taken out (No WinFS? And where are our tiltable windows?) they'd be more accurate calling it Windows "Hiccup". The review I read of build 5048 positively lambasted the thing.

starkers
Reply #14 Friday, July 22, 2005 11:45 AM
I don't care, so long as it works and is practical, the name is irrelevant and is only a handle to separate it from other Windows versions.

With previous mention to the automotive, let's just hope MS make it a peoples Windows and attach a Volkswagon rather than a Mercedes price to it.

thomassen
Reply #15 Friday, July 22, 2005 1:30 PM
The review I read of build 5048 positively lambasted the thing

Then again, the 5048 version wasn't even a beta...

LordIbuprofen
Reply #16 Friday, July 22, 2005 2:58 PM
To be honest, I think it's potentially false advertising. "Vista" implies clarity (which was M$'s point) and transparency. This sounds counter to many of M$'s own policies and goals... (laugh)

horiz0n
Reply #17 Friday, July 22, 2005 3:11 PM
I liked longhorn, besides if Apple can have 50 different kinds of cats for 50 different versions of the same OS, windows should be able to have some bull.

TexasJoe
Reply #18 Friday, July 22, 2005 5:37 PM
Yep. Let us give our nice ole cows a try! I'm pretty sure they could have gotten plenty of folks into the computer store buy the box with the nice horns on it and all! Bummer.

KeithMacDonald
Reply #19 Friday, July 22, 2005 5:48 PM
Ummm, think about it. Vista and Visa are oddly close, don't you think?

Bash2cool
Reply #20 Friday, July 22, 2005 6:19 PM
i don't care about the name i think its good anyway. but longhorn was kind of cool.

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