Windows Vista

[Ukle]

Longhorn = Vista

WTF? Could they come up with more a neutral name... Sounds more like the name of a softdrink than software

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4708177.stm

 

[Jonty]

Hi guys

For reference, the official site can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx The official tag line as apparently:

Clear, Confident, Connected: Bringing clarity to your world.

Finally, it seems fans are keen to refer to it as 'WinVi', 'Win' naturally for 'Windows', 'Vi' for 'Vista' as well as referring to the fact this will be Windows NT 6.0, or 'VI' in roman numerals.

Kind Regards

Jonty

P.S. The latest closed beta, presumably the first branded as Windows Vista, will be released very soon.

Edit ~ Having just read the BBC article it says pretty much all I've just written. D'oh!

 

[fatbusinessman]

When the term “WinVi” gets bandied around on Slashdot, it's disturbing the number of Emacs jokes which get thrown around… :-S

 

[Jonty]

/. scares me

I forgot to post this, courtesy of The Tech Report, which made me chuckle given WinVi's development history

vis·ta
A distant view or prospect

Kind Regards

 

[xane]

WinVi is the Windows emulation of the greatest ever editor in the world - vi, I use it all the time.

http://www.winvi.de/en/