Next Version of Windows Named 'Vista'

[axeshredder]

Next Version of Windows Named 'Vista' Fri Jul 22, 2:16 PM





REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. dropped the code name Longhorn on Friday, announcing the next version of its flagship Windows operating system will be called Windows Vista.

The world's largest software maker also said it will release the first of two test versions to developers and information technology professionals by Aug. 3.

The company did not say when it expects to release a second test version to a broader audience, but said it remains on target to ship the oft-delayed update to Windows XP sometime in the second half of next year.

Microsoft gave an internal gathering of its employees in Atlanta the first word about the new name Thursday.

"The core idea around Windows Vista is bringing clarity to the user so they can focus on what matters most," Brad Goldberg, general manager for Windows product management said Friday.

Vista's features will include better ways to visualize data, such as seeing through windows that are stacked atop each other, more natural file organization and faster searching.

The operating system will also be designed to better protect computers against viruses and spyware.

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On the Net:

Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista

[Rythameen]

More bloat, more bloat, more bloat...........I'll probably upgrade.

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by Rythameen

More bloat, more bloat, more bloat...........I'll probably upgrade.

LOL.. Exactly, same here! They have you by the balls I tell ya.

That is the only video they released and it's cheese, we need some screenshots.

[Fateswebb]

yeah. oh boy I can see through my windows, which is a program called "actual transparent windows" this sounds WAY OFF from what they were saying longhorn would be a few years back. Of course they didnt really tell ya much. but im sure it will be the shiznit. and the vulnerable lamb that hackers love.

[axeshredder]

heres the geeks in their glory...some screenshots

http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/CTRed...n_Name_MBR.asx

[psymetal]

of course i will have to upgrade.i wonder how fast my new athlon 64 will be after loading that bohemouth.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/category09


this a funny link .its kinda dated but still fits microsoft

[nroberts]

Originally Posted by axeshredder

Vista's features will include better ways to visualize data, such as seeing through windows that are stacked atop each other, more natural file organization and faster searching.

Ok, help a simple mind understand....

How is making a window transparent so that you also see the background windows and whatever is behind them supposed to make it easier to "visualize my data"?! How does making me have to see a jumble of shit behind what I am trying to write or read help me?

I must be slow.



Actually, this has been around for a couple/few years on every other popular/semi-popular platform out there (Mac, Linux, etc)...what has taken these guys so long?! I turn it off whenever I run into it if I can...to much resources and it actually makes it HARDER to use the system. It looks nice but it isn't nice. Think about it, how can you easily read menus that you can see through especially when what is behind them is likely to be a bunch of text and/or lines? In my experience it is just annoying.

Computers are tools...not works of art.

If this is the best they can come up with then MS has become a total joke.

Where are the REAL new features?! Is this new FS a relational FS? THAT would be something worth talking about. From what I can tell that is pretty experimental stuff, if they actually made something marketable then maybe they have something worth something. But they probably just moved a few files around I don't think MS is actually capable of that level of innovation.

Faster searching? File names or what? Probably file names...they rehashed the index algorithms of their filesystem database...that is something but doesn't seem worthy of a new *release*.

Ok, I'm done...sorry. Everyone knows I don't like Windows. When they do stuff like this though they just tempt me too much. "Make fun of us please!!"

Every time Bill Gates says the word innovate I think of that giant and the short guy in The Princess Bride when the short guy would say, "INCONCIEVABLE!"

"You keep saying that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."

[axeshredder]

[axeshredder]

'Vista' Name May Have Trademark Issues


The Seattle Times reported over the weekend that Microsoft might need to jump through some legal hurdles in order to keep the new name for its next generation operating system. The paper uncovered Saturday that a fellow Redmond-based company, Vista, Inc., owns the trademark to the name "Vista."

Vista specializes in e-business infrastructure applications for the small-to-medium enterprise market, and its CEO John Wall is not happy with Microsoft. Wall told the paper that his company is currently investigating whether or not the name violates trademark laws.

"We're going to consider our options and talk to them," Wall told the paper. Vista plans to at least raise the issue with Microsoft, and Wall said he could take the software maker to court if need be.

Microsoft chose the name to highlight the new features within the operating system. "At the end of the day, what you're after is a way to break through all the clutter to focus on what you want to focus on, what you need to do," a Microsoft spokesman told BetaNews.

" What you're trying to get to is your own personal Vista -- whether that is trying to organize photos, or trying to find a file or trying to connect and collaborate with a number of people electronically."

Microsoft says that it has received no trademark disputes over the Vista name as of this weekend. A spokesperson for the company explained that Microsoft had acknowledged several companies already use the term "vista" in some way, thus it applied for a trademark on the term "Windows Vista."

However, Wall argued to the Seattle Times that Vista has had to defend its trademark more than once, and Microsoft's decision just adds fuel to the fire. "It's further confusion to a confusing mark," he said.

[axeshredder]

yeah i would let microsoft use the name.....for 10 trillion dolllars
...not a smart move by microsoft