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Frogboy
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Reply #26 July 22, 2005 5:20:47 PM
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>>>>>Windows Adventure<<<<< - "When you just didn't get enough adventure with XP!"
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Reply #27 July 22, 2005 5:23:36 PM
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Sorry, I keep getting thoughts after I hit "submit". What about "Microsoft's Super-Duper Operating System" Or Windows SDOS? Or they could get direct and call it "Windows Orange"... ooooh, wouldn't that piss off Apple? OK, I'm done.
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Reply #28 July 22, 2005 5:42:51 PM
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VIS-t-A? Reminds me too much of VISA. Which means MONEY!! And MORE money!!
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Reply #29 July 22, 2005 6:07:32 PM
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First, I think the claims that there's some connection with VISA is insane. It's purely coincidence..

As for the name.. It's interesting. It's not normal for software, I'm used to version numbers or letters or whatever. This sort of makes it feel less like a peice of software and more like an actual "product", which kind of makes sense..
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Reply #30 July 22, 2005 6:53:10 PM
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Insane? It was a joke!! Sheesh!
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Reply #31 July 22, 2005 6:54:56 PM
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It makes me think of Dodge Colt Vista. It has no teeth, like Cougar, Tiger, Panther ...

How about Dragon?
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Reply #32 July 22, 2005 7:01:07 PM
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How bout Magical Unicorn
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Reply #33 July 22, 2005 7:28:59 PM
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VIS-t-A? Reminds me too much of VISA. Which means MONEY!! And MORE money!!


Exactly what I was thinking.

Maybe Bill and the boys went our for coffee this morning, you know, to toss around ideas for names for the latest and greatest Windows OS, and Bill pulled out his Visa to pay, and......

(Sounds of coffee shop in the background) Steve Ballmer and various MS flunkies are comparing golf scores, telling Linux and Mac jokes, and generally avoiding the dreaded topic of coming up with a new name. (It was going to be "Windows 360" but the Xbox boys snagged that one before the OS guys ever had a chance) Somewhat detached from the rest, The Chief Software Architect is lost in thought. ("Hmmmm, if Linus can have an OS named after himself, why not me? " he muses. "Bill-ix?, Gat-ix, maybe.....hmmmm")
At this point the waitress brings the check. BIll pulls out his wallet, pulls out his Visa card (branded with the Windows logo of course) and suddenly he has it!!
"Windows Visa" Bill proclaims out loud.
COnversation stops at the table, for the great King of Earth and OS's has spoken. All look at Bill.
"The market name for Longhorn, we'll call it Windows Visa!"
A brave, but nervous MS flunky, humbly and discreetly points out that, while it is the best idea he has ever heard, the Visa name is already licensed.
All fall silent again. Bill looks at his card and rubs his chin and thinks.
"Hmmmm, Vis...o, no that won't work. Vis...ex? No, that won't do either"
Bill looks out the window (window, get it?) at the beautiful view. A virtual panorama of beauty, a...a...a VISTA!!!
"Vista, we'll call it Vista!" Bill proclaims.
"I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it" yells Ballmer (Think of his developer speech a while back)
Everyone else quickly agrees. King Bill has done it again, they all agree.
Three cheers for Bill, three cheers for VISTA!! Everyone will love it!
They all rush out of the restaurant to get back to the offices and tell the world of the wonderful news.
Of course, in all the excitement, the waitress never did get paid.
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Reply #34 July 22, 2005 7:40:12 PM
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How about Dragon?


..they have not called me for permission, yet
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Reply #35 July 22, 2005 8:47:40 PM
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I'm one of the few here who like the name VISTA.....alot better than Longhorn which I never liked!! Hope they work out most of the problems & it's a WINNER!!
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Reply #36 July 22, 2005 9:04:09 PM
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They changed the name after all that has been made with the Longhorn Logo?


It should have been well known Longhorn was just a code name in the same way Whistler was the codename for XP
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Reply #37 July 22, 2005 9:16:04 PM
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I like vista, good name, fresh view hopefully.
I think Windows Double Glazing or Windows DG would have been more 'Fitting' LOL!
sorry for the bad joke, couldnt resist
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Reply #38 July 22, 2005 9:58:06 PM
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With XP, I finally got used to (and came to like) the somewhat cryptic two-letter OS names that began with "NT". Now Microsoft takes a new tack and adopts a name that sounds like the Vista Cruiser on That 70's Show. That's right, it sounds like an old car ... and many other things like VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America at http://www.friendsofvista.org/
If we're lucky, maybe VISTA will sue MS for illegal use of its name!

I do think that "Vista" implies that MS hopes the user will be looking forward to the NEXT Windows release even as he picks a shrink-wrapped copy of Vista off the retail shelf.
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Reply #39 July 22, 2005 10:31:43 PM
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"Microsoft's Super-Duper Operating System"

MSDOS.....

Yep...sounds fresh and new and funky...

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Reply #40 July 22, 2005 10:46:43 PM
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Personally, I never understood why they went away from version numbers and hid them behind either years or goofy names. Oh, wait, yes I do - it's so they could charge for a minor revision! (95-->98-->98SE-->Me all windows 4.x), (2000-->XP-->2003 all windows 5.x).
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Reply #41 July 22, 2005 10:58:39 PM
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Like it - vista gives the software a feel for the future ... it flows with "windows" ... Longhorn sounded Texan like (no offense).. too much like cattle




I totally agree... And the fact it just sounds plain cool.
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Reply #42 July 22, 2005 11:48:16 PM
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Think about the major selling points (that are still in it): Aero, Indigo, Avalon, and the new Red Screen of Death to go along with the Blue one. Vista has a connection with sight, and that's a huge part of the new version. Joe User isn't going to care about all the new under-the-hood stuff that is the real work of putting together Vista. It's the look and feel of it all.

At least it isn't some sort of contrived pun like (the) Windows (e)XP(erience).
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Reply #43 July 23, 2005 12:11:46 AM
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I guess my first impression was one of sound and not so much sight. v-i-s-t-a....I don't know, like Windows Tulip or Daisy. Just wimpy. Maybe if they come up with a fruity enough logo, you'll start seeing it in hollywood films instead of an apple.
Heck, Palm just did it with their new generation pop tart logo. Looks like it belongs on a can of orange soda.
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Reply #44 July 23, 2005 12:45:29 AM
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I think it's crap.
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Reply #45 July 23, 2005 2:19:55 AM
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@ Tarkus: I wasn't having a go at the poll, just verbally rolling my eyes at some of the commenters
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Reply #46 July 23, 2005 2:36:35 AM
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name sound dumb to me
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Reply #47 July 23, 2005 2:48:48 AM
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'vista' - this REALLY sucks!
maybe it's from the "I'll be back"-Terminator from Hasta la 'vista', baby
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Reply #48 July 23, 2005 3:06:54 AM
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Well, there was no "on the fence" option for the poll...

...so I chose "don't like it" ~since I dislike the name more than I like it. Wasn't a big fan of the name "Longhorn" either.

But, whatever they name it ~it just better be good!
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Reply #49 July 23, 2005 3:21:05 AM
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What was the codename for XP?
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Reply #50 July 23, 2005 3:43:57 AM
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Windows codename "Whistler"
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