Comments on: It’s official: Longhorn is Windows Vista

By: Artan Duro

Artan Duro — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

The correct name is Windows Vista (separated by space).

By: Marc Orchant

Marc Orchant — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Heh. Ed, you forgot the whole Lindows/MichaelSoft/Linspire debacle. Great list though. I still like Pirillo’s suggestion of iWindows – *that* would have been interesting.

Welcome to New Mexico by the way. Sorry you’re dealing with stupid Comcast tricks right now. I’m sure you’ll get it sorted out.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Thanks, Artan. I’ve corrected the headline.

The original release had only the picture, which shows the logo with both words together. (Of course, Windows XP is the same way.) The release now has the text as well.

By: Marty - NetAdmin

Marty - NetAdmin — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I just want to be the first to say this – when it blows up, the standard phrase will be “Hasta La Vista, Baby!”

By: BenN

BenN — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Most of the names you mention there are the product name and relate to the “Windows” part of “Windows Vista”. It’s Suse 8, RedHat 9, Fedora 3.244323454 and so on. The Apple names you gave are codenames (Tiger, Panther, Jaguar, meow) and relate to Longhorn. Vista is different. Vista is the final word that tells us what version of Windows this is and unfortunately doesnt do it very well. It still sounds like a codename. It isnt catchy, it isnt cool and it will lead to a lot of lame jokes about Windows leaving the O/s world (”asta la vista”). It would almost have been better to hear it called “Windows 2006″.
The longer it’s release drags out, the more dissapointed I get with Longhorn. We’re yet to see a decent UI or any functionality that XP cant give us and now it has a crappy name. What’s going on at Microsoft?

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Ben, I disagree. It’s Mac OS X Tiger (owned by Apple). RedHat Enterprise Linux. Suse Linux (owned by Novell). Etc. etc. Windows is the operating system family, analogous to Mac OS X or Linux. The funny names are branding for a particular generation/distribution. So XP and Vista are analogous to Tuger and Panther and Gentoo and Ubuntu and Fedora. Version numbers are a technical detail mostly hidden in advertising and relevant only when making patch/upgrade decisions.

By: BenN

BenN — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Actually, come to think of it -
Ubuntu Linux (some number)
Fedora Linux 3
Redhat Linux 8
Microsoft Windows Vista
Apple MacOS X
Company/Group Name of O/s version
Apple are a little different, but they’re still the original codenames. Like whatever they’re next cat is going to be called…

I have no idea if that’s going to line up properly and I may be wrong, but that’s how I’ve always seen it.

By: Michael Froomkin

Michael Froomkin — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Actually, I think Ubuntu *is* a cool name.

According to http://www.ubuntulinux.org/,

“Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. Ubuntu also means “I am what I am because of who we all are”.

I think that’s sweet. Really.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I had no idea. OK, I agree, Ubuntu is a very cool name. Definitely cooler than Vista.

By: Adrian's Blog

Adrian's Blog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Windows Vista

Well, it’s official, Windows Longhorn is now Officially Windows Vista…

By: Walt Ritscher: Thinking about code

Walt Ritscher: Thinking about code — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Windows Vista — Microsoft opens new website