Longhorn to Be Christened 'Windows Vista'

[hesperus]

less winxp orientated malware

Are you serious ? If you are worried about exploits I would suggest staying away Vista until the big holes are plugged. There are going to be holes, after all. A new version of windows is fresh meat for hackers. At least with XP you know what you've got.

[c0br4]

Indeed vista seems like a crap name, but if I was involved with computers when XP was released I would have probably said XP is a crap name... it will take some getting used to before I like the name vista. I think they should have called it windows fedora, now that is a cool name ;-)

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I have just designed the vista wallpaper, what ya think

[jinxy]

Longhorn.............Image of.............He who is well hung.

Vista....................Image of..............A Virgin.

Just who the hell is this OS aimed at???????

[gore]

Big dicks like Microsoft marketing and little nerds who are never going to get laid (Windows geeks).

[rcgreen]

I would prefer a more businesslike and substantial name like
Microsoft Windows 3.11

[rider_royal]

I would prefer a more businesslike and substantial name---

but that would suit only professional version of windows, but still i would like a better name inspite of these 'vista' or 'feast a'

[The Texan]

personally i liked longhorn better i think vista sounds to much like bottled water lol

[|3lack|ce]

Gee! Will they rename MSIE to the "Vista Cruiser" too?

[allenb1963]

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[xierox]

Dictionary.com definition of 'vista':

A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.

Obviously, Microsoft is naming it Vista because we're still looking forward to the day when Microsoft will actually release a product that lives up the the hype they give it. And this seems to be a distant prospect.

- Xierox