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sounds like a car from the 60's... They might as well named the product Windows Carnivale...

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Originally posted by lopardo
Guido, you can say all you want about marketing and all that crap , but I'd prefer something more technical, like Mnjul.

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You can bet that they did their homework and chose a "marketing-crap" name instead of a technical name because it's the best for them. They're not appealing to the developer with their OS brand names, they're hunting customers.

I've got one thing to say:

Stupid name IMO... XP might not make sense or whatever but it's short and sweet... they had years before then XP sounds "new"

but vista? it sounds too spanish (not necessarly bad but i dunno makes me think it's just the spanish name or something...) and it's too... yuk

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Originally posted by Maniac
but vista? it sounds too spanish (not necessarly bad but i dunno makes me think it's just the spanish name or something...) and it's too... yuk

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Vista is an english word too

Vista means View in Spanish, and I reckon that may be what they were naming it after. (Windows.. View.. get it?)
I think it's going to be really cool, the video sure is. But I think Longhorn sounded better,

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Originally posted by Guido

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Originally posted by Maniac
but vista? it sounds too spanish (not necessarly bad but i dunno makes me think it's just the spanish name or something...) and it's too... yuk

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Vista is an english word too

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english word meaning what? view too? didn't know that

Vista means sight in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese...

vis·ta
-A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
-An avenue or other passage affording such a view.
-An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: “the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up” (Arthur C. Danto).
n : the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, panorama]

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Originally posted by TylerG

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Originally posted by UrbanDictionary.com
4.  vista
one who is f***** up in the head; retard
the vista decided to discuss the history of the hamburfer for an hour at the baseball game

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  I guess windows is releasing their best operating system yet

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i dont really like the name b/c its like windows vista, the retarded version.

When I hear vista, I think of a place where the view is spectacular, the weather is perfect and there is a butler serving wine to you and your lady as you sit on the balcony of your countryside manor.
From my experience with Microsoft products, I have a strange feeling I won't be seeing any of this..

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Originally posted by Guido
Longhorn only means something in English, and it's already pretty ridiculous to compare an OS with a horn

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fyi, the name codename longhorn is based on a saloon located at the base of Whistler mountain, between Whistler & Blackcomb in BC Canada. Whistler, if you recall was the codename for the previous version of windows (XP). I like longhorn, cause it ties MS to my surroundings (i live in BC and about 3 hrs from whistler ), and I think thats cool.

bah vista sounds kool too. Either way all of are going to use it