Microsoft’s new Vista – can you see through it?

[Steve]

By now anyone within 10 feet of a computer, TV, or mobile phone has heard that Microsoft’s visionary Chairman Bill Gates told the his minions attending the Microsoft Global Sales Briefing, last Friday (an internal sales event) in Atlanta Georgia in the US that from that day henceforth the long used and somewhat abused name, “Longhorn,” would be expunged from the vocabulary of all Microsofties and most likely anyone wanting to have any association with mighty Microsoft – that would include, well, the universe, right? I’m OK with that, Vista is a cooler name than Longhorn, and in fact, I personally didn’t like the Longhorn name all that much to begin with, reminded me of big mean tempered cows I had met when I lived in Texas a few million years ago.

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xNDA1

[Dougal]

I wanna know what happened with those cows.

[Lord Kordir]

What a silly name.

[tommylittleboy@]

Will Vista live up to the hype MS are building up around it. Roll on August 3rd

[MD]

not as silly as chosing a name of an existing company. Oh dear, this could be expensive again for MS....

[Dougal]

Expensive?

M$ will prob just send a cheque

[directhex]

actually, i liked the name longhorn. i think angry cows is a stirring image that comes to mind when considering MS

[rc55]

I reckon it's a reasonable name, shame that they'll have to drop all those lovely features originally planned.

[Steve]

not as silly as chosing a name of an existing company. Oh dear, this could be expensive again for MS....

Well it beats calling it Windows Linux.

[Mike Fishcake]

not as silly as chosing a name of an existing company. Oh dear, this could be expensive again for MS....

uh.. oh....

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21...icrosoft-vista

[rc55]

They may as well call it Lindows now anyway, they've won the battle!

[hollowroom]

Heh. Gotta love how the "2006" on that page looks like it's been hurriedly slapped on...and could be hurriedly slapped off again.

[mike_w]

Along with Aero and Aero Glass, isn't there also a Classic version and To Go? I'll probably just choose one of the least demanding graphics level.

[directhex]

Why dont they just call in StyleXP with SP3 and be done with it.

xp already has large chunks of windowblinds in it

[TooNice]

actually, i liked the name longhorn. i think angry cows is a stirring image that comes to mind when considering MS

I second that.

Well, I've gotten used to acronyms so chances are, I'll be calling the new Windows "Windows V".

[Stoo]

I'll be calling the new Windows "Windows V".

As in raising two fingers?