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Longhorn to Be Christened 'Windows Vista'
by BA Friday 22-Jul-2005
By Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft has decided on an official name for Longhorn: Windows Vista.

That's according to sources close to the company who requested anonymity. They said that Microsoft unveiled the name in Atlanta on Thursday at the company's internal sales event, known as the Microsoft Global Sales Briefing.

Word of Longhorn's new name began leaking to the Web on Thursday evening. One Windows site discovered that Microsoft registered the WindowsVista.US domain name. Microsoft is expected to make the official announcement on the new name Friday morning.

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Tuulilapsi
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Vista?

Vista? I thought Longhorn was bad enough.
permalink · 2005-07-22 14:04:13 · Reply to this ·

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Microsoft Unveils Official Name for Longhorn

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permalink · 2005-07-22 14:53:29 · Reply to this ·
inTulsa
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They should get another name for it

Arriving 2006 »www.microsoft.com/windowsvista

To me, "Longhorn" sounded like something with more substance to it.

"Vista" is something that only looks good when you're as far away from it as you can get. If you actually get to where you saw the Vista, then you can't regain any of that original appeal.

I hope they didn't pay much for the naming concept.
permalink · 2005-07-23 15:06:44 · Reply to this ·

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Re: They should get another name for it

said by inTulsa:

"Vista" is something that only looks good when you're as far away from it as you can get.
LOL!! That's the funniest thing I've read all week! :D
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Ms will be sued for using Vista

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Lots of things are vista

Enter Vista into Google, alot of sites. Even a whole city is named, Vista
»www.ci.vista.ca.us/

I think they should have stuck to version numbers, like Apple has.
permalink · 2005-07-26 03:16:23 · Reply to this ·

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Re: Lots of things are vista

A lot of things are "Tiger" too. I vaguely recall TigerDirect.com suing Apple..
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Re: Lots of things are vista

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A lot of things are "Tiger" too. I vaguely recall TigerDirect.com suing Apple..
Yes, but The company is called TigerDirect, not Tiger.
I guess the same holds for Windows Vista, its Windows Vista, not Vista then.
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