Looks like the new Windows operating system, up to this point referred to as “Longhorn,” its codename used by Microsoft developers, has been given an official marketing name. The new OS, due out sometime in 2006, will be dubbed and sold as Microsoft Windows Vista.
Not sure how I really feel about that, I mean, I had become so used to two-letter acronyms that identified the OS, you know, “2k” for Windows 2000, “ME” for Windows Millennium, “XP” for Windows XP, and so on. I know, I know, I’m nitpicking, but hey-marketing is a big part of it! Anyway, the new OS finally has a name and we can stop calling it “Longhorn,” which is fine by me.
You can read the press release here:
[ http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/technology/microsoft_vista/index.htm?cnn=yes ]
And see the newly unveiled Windows Vista website here:
[ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx ]