Windows Vista

[dfergie]

Y'all seen this yet? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

 

[DarrellP]

HoHum! Another Microsoft ploy to try and make their rotten products sound more enjoyable. I read about that last week on ZDNET. We not only have Windows, now we have "Vistas".

 

[dfergie]

... was called longhorn for a longtime...

 

[rtt2]

Its funny that Microsoft is already being sued over the name; Vista

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002397450_microvista23.html

 

[dfergie]

Its funny that Microsoft is already being sued over the name; Vista

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002397450_microvista23.html

The Jr. High school I attended was named Alta Vista ( High View ) ... what was wrong with longhorn?...

 

[charper1]

what was wrong with longhorn?...

Vista is a Marketing name, like Windows XP or NT Server, the others are just in-house code names like all the others before them such as:

http://bink.nu/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=8

Not only do the in-house probably think its cool, but they can generally talk freely about a code name via verbal, email, IM, etc without risk of other really picking up on what they are talking about. I guess in the high stakes world of software its best to remain as anonymous as possible until the last minute.

 

[Stargazer]

Maybe its the precursor to LongHorn.

 

[dfergie]

I think longhorn was the beta name...

 

[The-German]

It seems to be brand new, if you type "vista" into the searchbox of the european MS-Site you get no hit ;-).

I ignore all the new MS stuff since years. My Windows 2000 sp4 runs reliable like a german train. There are no reasons for me to play the guinea pig.

 

[charper1]

yep win2k pro is still the king of the hill.

 

[dfergie]

Have 2k has an add on... but fer me xp pro works...

 

[Foxbat]

I ignore all the new MS stuff since years. My Windows 2000 sp4 runs reliable like a german train.

That's because the German train lines all run OpenVMS on VAXen (and Alphas)