Windows Vista is officially official
By Peter Rojas 
posted Jul 22nd 2005 9:22AM
posted Jul 22nd 2005 9:22AM
Yep, it's confirmed: Longhorn = Windows Vista. They couldn't keep the news from leaking out last night, but Microsoft just made the official announcement a few minutes ago. Hope you're as pumped up about the name as these guys, because you're going to be hearing the name "Windows Vista" A LOT over the next eight years or so.
... I really thinks the name sucks. I'll call it MSV to avoid calling it Vista.
Main Entry: vis·ta
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, sight, from visto, past participle of vedere to see, from Latin vidEre -- more at WIT
1 : a distant view through or along an avenue or opening : PROSPECT
2 : an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events)
Lame
-Drrck
i think the name sucks. Since it takes them so long to make an os atleast dont leave us with this name.
Why does the name matter anyways? Even if it had a bad ass name, the OS would still be the same.
vista is icelandic for save, as in to save a document not to save someone.
[shaved ape Ballmer]I! LOVE! THIS! COMPANY! WOOO! VISTA! WOO! GIVE IT UP FOR ME![/shaved ape Ballmer] Sorry. I know there's no Ballmer in that clip, but I can just imagine him bouncing around the stage whooping it up.
That was about the dorkiest announcement video yet . . . I love it when the guy removed his cowboy hat and put on a MSV logo'd baseball hat. Sheesh.
The audience reminded my of those infomercial groups who applaud like mad when the pear gets sliced into a spiral . . . . nothing like canned enthusiasm.
Longhorn's dead, long live VISTA!!!!!
;)
#4, and even if it had a totally different code, as long as it has "Windows", or "Microsoft" in front of it, it will be universally hated...
#5 I was thinking the same thing lmao
Man, is that a terrible name. Really, really terrible. Gotta wonder how much money Microsoft spent coming up with that. I'll bet it was a small fortune. Either that or they just drew names out of a hat...a more logical explanation.
Vista...hmmmm..as in a long, long way until you actually see an OS?
Something tells me the think tank at msft is getting a little shallow if you know what I mean. Time for some chlorine in that water...
They should have stuck with an x.x system. But they had to go and gay it all up for the common people.
They have set themselves up for "Hasta La Vista, Baby" jokes for years to come.
When will we see the first governator/Vista photoshop?
that's soooo ridiculous.
So I wonder what will happen to the program called Vista thats been around since the early 90s. It is a landscape creation tool, much like KPT Bryce.
MSV = MicroSoft's Virus?
Just one idea ;)
- Lodders
Think these guys have a copyright infringement case?
http://www.vistawindows.com/
Yeah Dale, Microsoft does have some pretty cheesy announcements. There better be some major changes to Vista because I'm not ready to spend $100+ for an add-on to Windows XP. I'm not yet convinced.
I don't think it's a terrible name, but I can't help but think of "Del Boca Vista", the old folks community Seinfeld's parents lived in. That is definitely tainting my view a bit. Makes it seem like somethin for my grandma.
Vista sounds like an appropriate name for the end of the MS era. I can't imagine in 2016-2018 (When the next version of Windows comes out) anybody will care about the former monopolist.
"Hasta La Vista, Baby"
LOL!!! Hard to believe they didn't think of that being an issue! . . . Ah . . wait . . keywords: "didn't think".
That explains it.
Vista?
Awful. Even Mac OSX sounds sort of mean "Tiger", but Vista? Sheesh...
It seems like they named their last OS well. After Mac OS X runs on Intel, we'll be seeing people saying "Asta la VISTA baby!" to all Micro$oft crap!
Is it just me or was that a really crappy video file? Couldn't even see the text. Not that I care that much.
Hmm. I wonder why the file was not made in the better alternate video formats like QuickTime or MPEG?
You damn fools just popped out of the wombs. XP was a bad name. It still doesn't even make sense.
Vista is a suitable, average, normal, expected, decent name.
18: VistaWindows has no rights to the name, as it's quite clear the trademark is limited only to the scope of the business. Vista sells windows, Microsoft sells software.
I believe there are many precedents in law for this already... think TigerDirect and MacOS X Tiger as the most recent case.
(Although, I'm pretty certain MS will just kick them a few million to skip any lawsuit.)
3.1 -> The begining
95-98 -> The ramp up
XP -> The apex
Vista -> The begining of the end
...
Hmm, another iteration of Windows that will be 2 years behind the innovation applied to OS X...
Lame, without question. What about playing Boom by POD at the end of the annoucement. Never let geeks intro their own product, it loses a ton of cache. I'll stick with my Mac. Oh and I love the 'Confident' remark as a descriptor of the OS. By 'confident' you mean releasing code with holes in it, exploitable Internet browsers and patches on a 5-times-a-week basis?
Big woop. They hold a special press even just to announce the name or did they do something else?
As for me, I'm sticking to OS X.
I knew they weren't sticking with "Longhorn" probably because of "Tiger."
FYI: vista in Latvian means chicken!
all of you complaining about the name are idiots! do you really think "longhorn" is better than "vista"? longhorn has got to be the gayest name ever!
Are you telling me there is not one condo available in all of Del Boca Vista??
I found a secret screenshoot of the new Windows Vista OS!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=27772229&size=o
This is what Vista reminds me of:
http://images.google.com/images?q=vista+cruiser&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
The big ugly station wagon of OS's.
That video clip was the worst presentation I've seen. How about some details? Maybe MS should hire Steve Jobs to help them out with any public speaking.
VISTA is already a software (although not an OS) used by many publishing companies.
http://www.vistacomp.com
All the script kiddie MS haters crack me up. I don't see why the name of the OS affects them, it won't run on an iPod anyway. The name is pretty lame, but the OS is far from the downfall of MS.
I can't wait for the kiddies to start grabbing Vista Pro off of bittorrent... oh wait.
Honestly, I don't think the name "Vista" is that bad. I guess I'm the only one. I like Apple, I really do, but am I the only one who realizes that unless your editing video or recording audio professionally, once you step out of your house your in a windows world? Everyone here will learn the in's and outs of Vista eventually, but the same can't be said for OSX.
A friend of mine gave me a copy of Longhorn last week. Before I had a chance to install it, he told be don't bother. He uninstalled and put XP back on. I guess Vista is quite the RAM hog!
Hello mum!
I've got a spudgun!
#26 you had it all wrong its more like
3.1-> the apex
95-vista-> long drawn out death
The name is fine...better than endless number revisions, besides, MS stopped numbering their releases after 3.11!
OS X Tiger is awesome no doubt, but Joe McCullough said it right - Apple is popular and because of their "underdog" status, people will cherish everything they do, while M$ could do everything right and still be despised. Oh well, I like the name none-the-less.
"Why does the name matter anyways? Even if it had a bad ass name, the OS would still be the same."
So the OS will just be ass???
Vista is also a sign system:
http://www.vistasign.com
"The name is fine...better than endless number revisions, besides, MS stopped numbering their releases after 3.11!"
There is a reason why they stopped the numbers and its purely from a marketing standpoint. Numbers show that there is only a marginal increase in the version. Windows 2000 = 5.0, Windows XP = 5.1, Windows 2003 Server = 5.2 Its a good way of eschewing the truth that there really is little difference between 2K and XP.