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Posted by Ryan Hoffman July 22, 2005 12:55 AM with 24 comment(s)
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In a world of more to do, more to discover...

The Desire is Clarity....

Windows Vista

Clear...

Confident...

Connected.

Windows Vista, Bringing Clarity To The World


Beta 1, targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by August 3rd 2005.
Watch the "Longhorn" naming announcement video.UPDATE: Windows Vista it is!
Watch the "Longhorn" naming announcement video.
See: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

Activewin just posted that Windows codename Longhorn wil be called Windows Vista. Hmmm sounds weird. Well I guess we'll see.

Windows Vista


This will be announced officially friday morning 6:00 AM pacific time here
Update:  We're sitting here with Bink, Neobond from Neowin.net and Electronic Punk from OSNN researching this.  The whois information for WindowsVista.com/net/org don't show anything revealing, but the windowsvista.us whois gives it away:

Domain NameWINDOWSVISTA.US
Domain IDD7534463-US
Sponsoring RegistrarREGISTER.COM
Domain StatusclientTransferProhibited

Registrant ID9628572F23803919
Registrant NameDomain Administrator
Registrant OrganizationMicrosoft Corporation
Registrant Address1One Microsoft Way
Registrant CityRedmond
Registrant State/ProvinceWA
Registrant Postal Code98052
Registrant CountryUnited States
Registrant Country CodeUS
Registrant Phone Number+1.4258828080
Registrant Facsimile Number+1.4259367329
Registrant Emaildomains@microsoft.com
Registrant Application PurposeP1
Registrant Nexus CategoryC21

Administrative Contact ID8529383F236CF384
Administrative Contact NameDomain Administrator
Administrative Contact OrganizationMicrosoft Corporation
Administrative Contact Address1One Microsoft Way
Administrative Contact CityRedmond
Administrative Contact State/ProvinceWA
Administrative Contact Postal Code98052
Administrative Contact CountryUnited States
Administrative Contact Country CodeUS
Administrative Contact Phone Number+1.4258828080
Administrative Contact Facsimile Number+1.4259367329
Administrative Contact Emaildomains@microsoft.com
Administrative Application PurposeP1
Administrative Nexus CategoryC21

Billing Contact ID3339686F2396E713
Billing Contact NameBilling ccTLD
Billing Contact OrganizationRegister.com
Billing Contact Address162 RCOM DRIVE
Billing Contact CityYarmouth
Billing Contact State/ProvinceNS
Billing Contact Postal CodeB5A 4B1
Billing Contact CountryCanada
Billing Contact Country CodeCA
Billing Contact Phone Number+1.9027492792
Billing Contact Facsimile Number+1.4137238334
Billing Contact EmailCctld-billing@register.com
Billing Application PurposeP1
Billing Nexus CategoryC21

Technical Contact ID0933454F23A80690
Technical Contact NameMSN Hostmaster
Technical Contact OrganizationMicrosoft Corporation
Technical Contact Address1One Microsoft Way
Technical Contact CityRedmond
Technical Contact State/ProvinceWA
Technical Contact Postal Code98052
Technical Contact CountryUnited States
Technical Contact Country CodeUS
Technical Contact Phone Number+1.4258828080
Technical Contact Facsimile Number+1.4259367329
Technical Contact Emailmsnhst@microsoft.com
Technical Application PurposeP1
Technical Nexus CategoryC21

Name ServerNS1.MSFT.NET
NS5.MSFT.NET
NS2.MSFT.NET
NS3.MSFT.NET
NS4.MSFT.NET

Created by RegistrarREGISTER.COM
Last Updated by RegistrarREGISTER.COM

Domain Registration DateFri Apr 01 13:27:53 GMT 2005
Domain Expiration DateSat Mar 31 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated DateFri Apr 01 13:27:56 GMT 2005
Last WhoIs Database UpdateFri Jul 22 01:06:53 GMT 2005
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Comments

 

Sn4k36 said:

here's some more info on this: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=windowsview.us

vista = views in english and vista is spanish

July 21, 2005 9:52 PM
 

Chinpokomon said:

It wasn't until Beta 2 that Whistler became XP right?  Isn't this still a little early for official branding?  I can see how this fits into their "new look for Windows" mantra, but I could also see this being something else as of yet under the radar.

This also dovetails nicely with the prepreation of Beta 1 for wider consumption.  I guess well find out tomorrow.

July 21, 2005 10:03 PM
 

Chinpokomon said:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/07/21.html#a10721

Ok, I conceed.  Looks like Windows View might be the actual name as per Sn4k36's posting and Scooble's comment... but I would have expected windowsansicht.de would be registered too.

Stephen I'm grabbing windowsmening.nu for you while it's still available. [;)]

July 21, 2005 10:26 PM
 

kjpyro said:

I wouldn't be surprised if it is called Vista, and that they will try and register all variations of the name, just so that can't have anyone with names that are the same/similar etc. We all remember windowsxp.nu

 

American market = views, rest of the world vista as we do understand its origin?

July 21, 2005 10:41 PM
 

Sn4k36 said:

sorry i have made a mistake in that... vista is italain for view

July 21, 2005 10:48 PM
 

schwit said:

vista.com is taken. So is .net and .org. Then again anything is available at the right price. Maybe MS should buy vista inc just to get the domain name.

It's too common a name not to have been used.
July 21, 2005 11:09 PM
 

johlos said:

Personally, I'm going to wait until it RTMs before deciding for sure what the name is.  

 

SUS 2.0 -> WUS -> WSUS (just as I was finally getting used to saying "WUS"), Whistler Server -> Windows .NET Server -> Windows Server 2003, and those are just the few that come to mind immediately as names that changed between the last beta and RTM.   Since Longhorn isn't even to Beta1 yet, I wouldn't be shocked to hear that the name changes once (or twice, or more) between now, Beta1, Beta2, and RTM.   Personally, I like "Windows Longhorn" and "Windows Longhorn Server", but nobody asks me.   [8-|]

 

 

July 21, 2005 11:25 PM
 

Parris said:

this link will have all the details at 6am PDT

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-22LHMA.mspx

 

July 22, 2005 2:22 AM
 

Andy Poots said:

That's a pathetic name... it sounds like something old people 'appreciate' the look of from their veranda in their retirement apartment in Italy.

I am already dreading the crap conversational digressions in meetings when we're trying to introduce this operating system to senior managers and customers.

'Vista? Vista? Oh, we had a lovely Vista in our villa in Spain... Oh I say it was right treat! We'll have to go back there this year again... oh I'm sorry what were you saying about Indigo and Avalon? Can you surf the Internet and send e-mail with it then or what?'

July 22, 2005 3:45 AM
 

Hasselhoffia said:

Interesting to note that 'windowsvista.co.uk', 'windowsvista.co.nz', and 'windowsview.co.uk' is registered to Microsoft but 'windowsview.co.nz' is still available.
July 22, 2005 4:48 AM
 

thesleeper said:

Well vista in Portuguese means eye.... so...

I think it is a very strange name to say the least!

July 22, 2005 5:01 AM
 

noot said:

I don't like the name "Windows Vista". I really like "Windows Longhorn" or if they are going to use another name I think "Windows 2006" is just fine.
July 22, 2005 8:02 AM
 

mauriciorossi said:

this is to clear it up....

vista means view in both italian and spanish

July 22, 2005 9:12 AM
 

skatterbrain said:

LOL!  Andy: your comment is so perfect. [:P]  For once, the beta name was better than the product name.  They should have kept it as Longhorn.  And with so many formerly touted features stripped out, I'm finding it real hard to get excited about its release.
July 22, 2005 9:16 AM
 

Raisak said:

I guess the term WinVista is going to be used alot from now on heh?`
Check this out ;)
[S]


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5791636565&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

July 22, 2005 9:58 AM
 

crpietschmann said:

I also think that the name Windows Vista is lame.They couldn't call it Windows 2006 because then the server version would be called Windows 2007 or 2008. This way it'll be Windows Vista and Windows Vista Server.

They could simply name it Windows 6.0 but of course that wouldn't be the best marketing wise. Maybe Windows Vista will grow on us all...

July 22, 2005 7:51 PM
 

Barbie said:

We will get used to the name, like people have got used to Windows.

All you wanted to know about Windows Vista: http://www.vistaarticles.com

 

July 23, 2005 9:41 AM
 

War|poop said:

waiting for that site to go down ;)
July 24, 2005 4:16 AM
 

n1x said:

The second the O/S name was released my friend and I purchased...
vista-windows.com
ms-vista.com and ms-vista.net
microsoft-vista.org

[Y]


All domains are for sale on tdnam.com
July 25, 2005 10:01 AM
 

jamesc said:

windowsview.co.nz is taken just last week. I just installed MS Vista on my testing machine it took me almost 2 days to get use to the new system. Really nice OS though.
July 27, 2005 6:29 AM
 

jammol said:

hey, im new to the forum thing, but, can someone tell me how to obtain a copy of the windowsvista????[:$]please[8-|]

and second, i honestly dont like the name, i think they should stick to the longhorn name[H][Y]but hey, who am i to tell them what name to call it, if it sucks, they the ones gonna lose the money[N][N].....oh hell, i'll just buy it and create my own boot skins and logons so i wont have to see *now loading Winvista* or whatever they gonna have there[:D][Y][6]

July 31, 2005 3:30 PM
 

Foofie said:

January 9, 2006 8:58 PM
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