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Longhorn to Be Christened 'Windows Vista'

Microsoft has decided on an official name for Longhorn: Windows Vista.
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.ADVERTISEMENT
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.
 
Uh, Oh- does that mean there will be a new computer purchase in my future? When I bought my notebook, it had XP on it and I loved it so, I upgraded my desktop to it- what a job that was with having to download new drivers for a lot of my software, etc. Bill costs us all money, but I still love him! :)
 
I'm not sure of the system requirements for the new OS, but I'd imagine that it has to be somewhat backward compatible. Bill isn't going to sell OS's if the only market is new computers. That would just be bad business decisions. Why sell one when you can sell lots. :D
 
No, I'm not a Beta tester. Sometimes I think I should be. I'd like to know what the bugs are before they release it upon us and say oops.
 

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