Microsoft next Windows version 'Vista' (update Sept. 01)

[samsungster]

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Microsoft Corp. said the next version of its operating system used on most personal computers around the world will be called "Windows Vista."
The world's biggest software company stopped short of providing a launch date for the new version of Windows.
The first overhaul of the dominant computer operating system since

Windows XP five years ago, is expected to reach consumers sometime next year.
Microsoft, which developed the software under the codename "Longhorn," expects to make the test version available to developers and tech professionals by August 3, it said in a statement.
The new software is expected to sport a new graphical interface, giving it a new look and feel, and enhanced security and communications features.
"It introduces clear ways to organize and use information the way you want to use it," Microsoft said on its Web page for the new system.
"It seamlessly connects you to information, people, and devices that help you get the most out of life."
The operating system, used on around 90 percent of personal computers, accounts for around a third of Microsoft's revenue.
On Thursday, Microsoft said its fiscal fourth-quarter net earnings jumped 37.5 percent to 3.7 billion dollars, lifted by improved sales across a range of its products and a one-time tax gain.
The profit amounted to 34 cents a share. But stripping out special items including stock compensation, it amounted to 33 cents per share, two cents better than the average analyst forecast calculated by Thomson Financial/First Call.
Although its results were roughly in line with expectations, Microsoft shares quickly slipped after the results and outlook. In midday trade, the stock was down 2.6 percent at 25.75.

[AMD_infinium05]

hmm.. nice to hear... another bucks

[jeppoy]

so it is true that dili na sila padaun og buhat sa win longhorn..win vista npud..well bhala sila...

[edge827]

i thot longhorn ang sunod, ila diay g usab ang name

[Stoner]

i thot longhorn ang sunod, ila diay g usab ang name

Longhorn was just the developmental code name. Marketing name is Vista.

[cHoLoCoY]

i dont know bout the name Windows Vista,.....
XP sounds better,....

i think they should think bout dat name,....... like Windows 2K6,... hahaha,.. sounds tight,.. sounds like a game,...
but u guy know wat im talkin' bout,... something that will attract,.... i like da name Longhorn

[mAlD|tO]

Using a similar sarcastic tone, blogger Veggiedude sees "VISTA" as an acronym for "the top five Windows problems: Virus, Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware," he wrote.

VISTA = VASTLY INFERIOR SYSTEM TO APPLE
Jeffrey J -- Jul 24

http://news.com.com/Windows+Vista+dr...1300&subj=news

[Wind Shear]

Nyahahahaha! Tinuod man sad.

[endofall]

I dont care how they name it. As long as they code it well, they can name it Windows Blah blah if they like.

[samsungster]

Microsoft Vista May Face Trademark Trouble. There's a line of sewing machines, an elevator monitoring system, even a brand of detergent used to clean dairy equipment — all bearing the brand name Vista. There are plenty of computer products that claim the Vista trademark, too.
So Microsoft Corp.'s choice of Vista as the name for the next version of its Windows operating system has some intellectual property experts wondering if a company that has been fiercely protective of its own trademarks will get hauled into court.
"It seems like they were a little lax in their intellectual property due diligence — maybe because they're so big, maybe because they're so powerful, maybe because they feel they can do anything they want," said James T. Berger, a Chicago-area marketing communications consultant who teaches at Northwestern and Roosevelt universities.
Stacy Drake, a spokeswoman for the Redmond, Wash.-based software behemoth, said the company did its homework before it applied for a "Windows Vista" trademark in more than 100 countries.
So far, Drake said Microsoft has received no complaints since it announced last Friday that it was letting go of Longhorn, the product development code name for the oft-delayed Windows update due out next year.
Yet the CEO of Vista Inc., a business software and services company in Redmond, is already complaining that people have contacted his sales department with inquiries about Windows Vista.
"It's starting to disrupt our business," John Wall said. "We do nothing with Windows."
Wall said the company has not yet decided whether to pursue the matter in court.
Under trademark law, a company is generally in the clear as long as it doesn't pick a name for a product that might confuse consumers into mistaking that product for something made by another company.
For example, Microsoft is not in danger of getting sued by any of the various window manufacturers that sell products under some sort of Vista label, because people aren't likely to confuse plate glass with operating systems.
So far, no other company has trademarked an operating system under the name Vista, according to records at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the International Register.
There are many software and computer products with that name, however — 180 of them according to a search of active trademark records.
Vista Software, a small company based in La Jolla, Calif., makes a database engine called Vista DB. It's not trademarked but the company has been promoting it for close to a year. By coincidence, it's designed to work only with the forthcoming version of Windows.
"That makes us look like geniuses, which we're not," CEO Anthony Carrabino quipped. "We must look like we had the inside scoop on this!"
Carrabino said he has no problem with Microsoft's pick. In fact, he's thrilled. Traffic on the company's Web site quadrupled the day Microsoft made its Windows Vista announcement last Friday.
"It's just going to give us a lot of credibility and instantaneously gives us marketing that we normally we would not get."
Even though there aren't any other companies with a Vista trademark branding an operating system, some experts say Microsoft could still face challenges.
"I would say that anyone holding a valid trademark in the computer field would have a valid shot going after Microsoft here," said Mitch Reinis, an intellectual property lawyer in Los Angeles.
Microsoft actually takes comfort in the sheer number of Vista products out there in the high-tech industry.
"They're all coexisting and have been coexisting for a long time and they haven't been challenging each other," said Russell Pangborn, a Microsoft lawyer.