Longhorn To Become Windows Vista

Friday, Jul. 22 2005 | Author: jeremy

According to MicrosoftWatch and ActiveWin, you can expect an announcement tomorrow that Windows Longhorn will officially be named Windows Vista.

The official new name for the Longhorn operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista, according to our insider sources. The name was mentioned today at the Microsoft sales conference in Atlanta. The official announcement will go live at 6 AM PST.

Endgadget brought up the fact that Vista is meant to refer to “a view into the distance”, which it points out must reflect the long development timeline of the OS.

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9 Responses for "Longhorn To Become Windows Vista"

Dren T. Martin

July 22nd, 2005 at 8:03 pm
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Not digging the new name. Personally I like “Longhorn” way better. It might just be because I’m accustomed to “Longhorn”, though.
J44xm

July 22nd, 2005 at 8:51 pm
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Yeah, I prefer LH over “Vista” too. Not that LH is that great as much as “Vista” rather sucks as a name.
LSW

July 23rd, 2005 at 2:39 pm
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Personally I thought Longhorn was a step down from “Palledin”, Vista is downright sorry for a OS name.
Griffith

July 23rd, 2005 at 5:10 pm
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Vista is how you say “Sight” in Portuguese. So the by-the-letter translation of Windows Vista is Windows Sight.
Adross

July 23rd, 2005 at 9:03 pm
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See, this is why I like linux, cool name.
I mean, it has the letter ‘x’ right in there. At the end as well, so it stands out.
Joel Padot

July 23rd, 2005 at 11:02 pm
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Ok… This just suggests that MS is run by a whole bunch of old guys. How poetic a name is Vista? I’m in Florida so I think of lake Buena Vista. Windows isn’t a resort in my mind.

I think I’ve figured out the appeal I find in Linux. It doesn’t get old. I mean, Windows Vista. If I actually have to ask people what version they have, (98, XP, Vista) I’m gonna chuckle everytime I pop the question.

Bottom Line: I Can’t Believe they would go with something so boring.
Sunny

July 24th, 2005 at 6:18 am
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Vista. Sure beats Stillborn, I mean Longhorn.
Griffith

July 25th, 2005 at 10:16 am
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They should name it something cooler like Panther! Oh, wait…
Nicole

July 25th, 2005 at 11:00 am
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This reminds me of a couple years ago when I heard that the new NFL expansion team in Houston would be called the Texans. Millions of dollars were most likely spent, and that’s the best they could come up with?