And lets pronoune it as Win 6 and not as Win-Why

Why does there need to be an abbreviation? My friends and I are sitting here wondering. And who are you to decide? You aren't even a MVP anymore :P

Everyone is used to saying '95', '98', 'ME', 'NT' or 'XP', with the exception of 2000 (I know you can say 2k, but customers dont know what that means), so it's only fitting that Vista get a two letter abbreviation also.

I see 'VI' as becoming popular, but the *nix fanboys might have some comments about the Windows guys nicknaming an OS 'VI'

I wonder if the "vista" name could eventually begin to replace the "windows" moniker?....so that first you have Windows Vista, then "Vista 2008", etc?  Might MS want to update the franchise so that subsequent versions really seem "different" than the current/recent OS versons?

if this Longhorn is successful (a big if at this point), they may use this as a way to try to convince the the average user that  these versions are somehow categorically different from the old  "windows" versions.  Just a thought.....who knows, they may choose a new name tomorrow anyway...

 

PS Wasn't "pentium" originally used to refer specifically to the Intel 80586 chip?  That moniker has gone on to live several lives...it established a new "brand", rather than just naming a single product.  Might this be a similar try by MS?

Even if they do change the name someday, it will always be 'Windows' to me.

VI? I remember that as an old-school editor... [:D]

VI ?

Yeah, sounds like the *nix editor :)

hehe, then i would like to propose some names:

         ·  WinJoe, WinEMACS... err.. maybe WinKDE ??


sorry guys, couldn't avoid it ;) but that name is soo funny

I stick with the Vista moniker... as to be known as «Vista Platform»
Sounds good to me. I never liked apps named after the year of release, that's just odd. Win2k worked because all the stuff about the milennia, but it was just that. I think there should be some indication that this Windows is better than XP, like the first name throwed to the trashcan was eXPedition, even maybe they could manage to call it «Vista XP». Vista is a very universal word since it's aknowledged in a very variety of languages, meaning the same. So be it.

Just Check out www.WinVi.de (a windows port of the famous vi editor).

" Windows Vista is Windows NT 6.0.  In Roman Numerals VI is the number six. "

 

• Windows NT 4.0 is NT4
• Windows 2000 is NT5
• Windows XP is NT6
• Windows Vista is NT7

Am I missing something here ???

Windows XP = NT 5.1 (run "ver" from the command prompt and you'll see)