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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), the world's largest software maker, said on Friday it will call the next version of its operating system "Windows Vista" as it prepares to release a wave of new products after posting its slowest-ever year of growth.

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Windows Vista, formerly known by its code-name Longhorn, is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2006, five years after Windows XP, the longest time lag between releases of its flagship operating system that runs on nine out of 10 personal computers worldwide.

Microsoft has promised numerous enhancements in Windows Vista, including better security, graphics and computing over the Web.

"It's in the consumer area that they have the best hope of rapid adoption," said Rob Helm, analyst at independent researcher Directions on Microsoft.

Brad Goldberg, general manager, Windows product development at Microsoft, said the new name was aimed at "communicating the idea of clarity."

More details on Vista will be released at a developer's conference in September, Goldberg said, and a beta, or test version, will be released by Aug. 3.


woo hoo?

not sure what to make of it yet

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Is this tied into LongHorn? If it is, what do you want to know about it. I have been running LH for around 9 months.

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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by mozzartusm on 07/24/05 04:30 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Reply to mozzartusm

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Reply to RichPLS

it IS longhorn.

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Reply to Ned_Flanders

No it is now "Vista", mista! Isn't that the name for a wimpy 4-banger family car?

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Reply to RichPLS

ROTFLMAO

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Reply to mozzartusm

You gotta admit Longhorn sounds better, stronger and more manly. Vista, well maybe their marketing plan is Viva Le Vista!

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Reply to RichPLS

I guess they changed the name due to the lawsuit?

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Reply to mozzartusm

I'm fairly sure Longhorn was just their development name.

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Reply to dhlucke

Maybe, but they did have a lawsuit pop up not so long ago. Of course even without that the OS has taken so many turns from its original path that should have a new name. I damn sure dont like the one that they chose.

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Reply to mozzartusm

Seeing Windows XP everytime I boot is ok, but <i> Windows Vista!?! </i>
I am sure Eden will like it tho...

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Reply to RichPLS

richPLS it will be more like.

Windows. VISTA, VISTA, VISTA....
VISTA VISTA
WINDOWS VISTA

with all sorts of flying animations, and blinking vistas and stuff like that.

i doubt them would rest before we are scared of booting up ;)

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pukes at the thought

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Reply to RichPLS

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No it is now "Vista", mista! Isn't that the name for a wimpy 4-banger family car?




Thats better than a Cow, which probably will be a Cash Cow for Microsoft anyway!:)






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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by 4ryan6 on 07/24/05 12:46 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Reply to 4ryan6

I don't know, MS Bessy would be more appropriate.

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Reply to RichPLS

Quote :

I have been running LH for around 9 months.





So post some screen shots, or are you not allowed to do that?







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Reply to 4ryan6

He said LL, not LH, btw... So your quote is altered...

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Reply to RichPLS

Maybe they thought they were going to have a problem with Gateway!:)


My cows prettier than your cow, my cows prettier than yours, my cows prettier because it eats, [Hay out of a field] ROFLMAO What were they thinking anyway?:)




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Reply to 4ryan6

My cow is a heffer!

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Reply to RichPLS

I just corrected his typing, unless he actually meant LL then I screwed up, but I saw no reason to rub it in! :)

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Reply to 4ryan6

My bad, I thought that was the theme of this forum...

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Reply to RichPLS

What does a cow have to do with computer technology at all anyway? There has to be a behind the scenes story here.

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Reply to 4ryan6

Well, GW is headquartered in county that is reputed to envying livestock, and well computers have been related to women, and so the link was made early on by Tedd Waitt...

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Reply to RichPLS

And Vista isn't any better!

Vista def; 1. a view, esp. one seen through a long passage 2. a mental view of events

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I think their brains are so burnt out from writing code they cannot come up with a descent name for their new baby.


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Reply to 4ryan6

Yea, something like OS X.... [shrug]



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Reply to RCPilot

MS Whatever would have a better ring to it...

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Reply to RichPLS

If its a cow pride and joy thing, why don't they give it the real naming, Windows 8 SEC, because thats how long out of the Gate it will last before its probably compromised requiring Windows Security Updates.:)




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Reply to 4ryan6

Yeah or Windows WV, [Wallet Vacuum]:)




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Reply to 4ryan6

MS WV would be appropriate, because then the more and more it sucked would be a good thing!

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Reply to RichPLS

That has a ring to it....



Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

The contract forbids posting screen shots in open forums and from what I have heard they enforce it. I doubt its that big of a deal at this point however. It doesnt say anything about e-mails, so I if you want to see some pics then just PM me.

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Reply to mozzartusm

The name really does sound like what youd call a cheap compact car.

Ford Vista.
I think its lame...

oh yea and Longhorn = Vista :P


Hey do you think you could hook me up witha copy, or at least inform me on where to aquire it? Would be interseting to play around with, altho drivers would be a bitch to find im sure...



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Reply to phial

that would depend. Are you wanting Longhorn or Vista?

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Reply to RichPLS

*brain melts*

I cannot comprehend that question

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Reply to phial

pirate bay has a copy of longhorn beta

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Reply to mrface

Do you want to see my 'longhorn'?

:eek: Sex is great but it's no substitute for the real thing :eek:

Reply to WingDing

whip it out for us big boy.

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Reply to mrface

I wanna see "Microsoft Crash" or "Blue" - short for Blue Screen of course.

Reply to Riser

...*slaps out several metres of filthy man-sausage*...

Let's see what Bill Gates makes of that...

:eek: Sex is great but it's no substitute for the real thing :eek:

Reply to WingDing

Microsoft looks closely at Longhorn, decides appropriate name after indepth look would be viva le "Vista"!

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And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
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Reply to RichPLS

A now a compagny named Vista might sue them...funny!
Its getting harder to market a new name, you really have to be clever to find a niceone that wont get you sued.

Plus this name is Ugly, they should do like video cards, Windows GTX Ultra Platinum Edition

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Reply to Anonymous

Definition of "Vista:"

view: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"

An enclosed view, usually long and narrow.

***

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

Thesaurus: panorama, view, perspective, prospect.
2. A mental vision extending over a lengthy period of time into the future or past.


I wonder if the product will really reflect it's odd naming?

Reply to Riser

That kinda rules out any association with my cock.

:eek: Sex is great but it's no substitute for the real thing :eek:

Reply to WingDing

Well, narrow when you're looking at something from a distance.

Reply to Riser

Windows la vista, baby. Bill is out to terminate you.

No woman is safe within reach of my heart.

Reply to Tom_Smart

But hardly desirable or beautiful.

:eek: Sex is great but it's no substitute for the real thing :eek:

Reply to WingDing

Maybe to Oprah or a whale...


But looking at Vista's info more found through the web, it really looks like it's geared more towards home users.. the clarity and the ease of finding and working with your pictures and files.. almost like a Media center upgrade.

It doesn't look too appearling to IT professionals though.. BUT there might be something about being able to lock down and sync files with a server.. better than offline file sync.. something more a lot the lines of a constant replication.

Looks really geared to pull more potential off the internet to do tasks for you.

First thoughts.. probably not going to be worth it.

Reply to Riser

Yeah, wosy, tell them you got the longhorn and like it!

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