That’s according to sources close to the company who requested anonymity. They said that Microsoft unveiled the name in Atlanta on Thursday at the company’s internal sales event, known as the Microsoft Global Sales Briefing, or MGB.
Word of Longhorn’s new name began leaking to the Web on Thursday evening. One Windows site discovered that Microsoft registered the WindowsVista.US domain name. Microsoft is expected to make the official announcement of the new name on Friday morning.
Microsoft has relied primarily on date-oriented names for many of its products, although it has shied away from those on occasion.
The last major version of Windows, code-named “Whistler,” eventually was christened Windows XP.
Microsoft officials declined to comment on the specifics of a “Longhorn-related” news announcement slated for Friday morning.
Longhorn Beta 1 is widely expected to be unveiled next week. Beta 2 is due in the first half of 2006. Microsoft officials confirmed on Thursday the final release is still on track for the latter half of 2006.
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9 replies on “Microsoft has decided on an official name for Longhorn: Windows Vista.”
Windows Vista?? these names keep getting worse, XP2 would have been better.
That is too much windows, when will they build the house!
windows windows windows!
https://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000433051518/
Windows Vista it is.
The snitch who gave the information will be soon without a job!! Isn’t this right Fadibou?
vista dosen’t sound so like het new tecknology it’s like astala bista or somin’ lol
it would’ve been funny if Bill Gates released Windows – Dog, or Windows – Wolf
Thief!
wow , this is news to me 🙂
but I love the name
creates excitement around the new windows 🙂
Pussycat Dolls Pussycat Dolls, to make a a-speakin mist-rack of any Pussycat Dolls that may scower put into my pillow-slips by my generous frontierswoman ; and I will double my fire-horse to staff my sluice-tunnel,