Topic: Microsoft Windows' new Vista

[toasty0]

Vista

A snippet from the article:

Here are code names that Microsoft has used for several major versions of Windows, and the final names given to the products.
Chicago: Windows 95, released in 1995.

Memphis: Windows 98, released in 1998.

Whistler: Windows XP, released in 2001.

Longhorn: Windows Vista, due in fall 2006.

Blackcomb: Early code name for the version of Windows coming after Longhorn.

[SkyFlyer]

Chicago: Windows 95, released in 1995.

Memphis: Windows 98, released in 1998.

Whistler: Windows XP, released in 2001.

Longhorn: Windows Vista, due in fall 2006.


Looks like they were late by two years...

[Nemesis]

Windows Vista may be in legal trouble.

Link to full article

By naming the next version of Windows "Vista," Microsoft may have stepped on the toes of another software company just down the road in Redmond.

That would be Vista, a business software and services company founded in 1999 by John Wall. He was not amused when Microsoft announced its choice yesterday, setting the stage for a massive rollout when its flagship operating system goes on sale in fall 2006.

Wall, a well-known technology executive in the area who earlier founded Wall Data, is examining whether the name violates the trademark his company has held for six years. He plans to raise the issue with Microsoft, a company notoriously protective of its own trademarks, and may take the issue to court.

[SkyFlyer]

Well vista is a retarded name for it anyway.

[toasty0]

Windows Vista may be in legal trouble.

Link to full article

By naming the next version of Windows "Vista," Microsoft may have stepped on the toes of another software company just down the road in Redmond.

That would be Vista, a business software and services company founded in 1999 by John Wall. He was not amused when Microsoft announced its choice yesterday, setting the stage for a massive rollout when its flagship operating system goes on sale in fall 2006.

Wall, a well-known technology executive in the area who earlier founded Wall Data, is examining whether the name violates the trademark his company has held for six years. He plans to raise the issue with Microsoft, a company notoriously protective of its own trademarks, and may take the issue to court.

That's the same article I linked to too (and dammit, don't play with my too too)

[Death_Merchant]

Well vista is a retarded name for it anyway.

Yea, not exactly a zinger is it?

and it's late. You'd think they'd have time to think of something less retarded...

That's it!!

"Windows Retarded"!!!

DM quickly calls lawyer to trademark.....

[toasty0]

Well vista is a retarded name for it anyway.

Yea, not exactly a zinger is it?

and it's late. You'd think they'd have time to think of something less retarded...

That's it!!

"Windows Retarded"!!!

DM quickly calls lawyer to trademark.....

Too late, Linux OSDed that one years ago <snicker>

[SkyFlyer]

Windows Horizons.

[Javora]

Windows Horizons.

What for the Windows OS that is always just over the horizon??!?   

[Dash Jones]

Well vista is a retarded name for it anyway.

Yea, not exactly a zinger is it?

and it's late. You'd think they'd have time to think of something less retarded...

That's it!!

"Windows Retarded"!!!

DM quickly calls lawyer to trademark.....

Too late, Linux OSDed that one years ago <snicker>

Unfortunately they were sued by Microsoft for infringement.

Ironically, it's one of the few cases Microsoft won...

Quite easily I might add.  Seems they already had an OS by that name as well.

(Addendum:  However, it might be noted that when MS designed it was meant as an inside joke...and not to actually be published as a viable system).

 

[Bonk]

Windows Vista may be in legal trouble.

Link to full article

By naming the next version of Windows "Vista," Microsoft may have stepped on the toes of another software company just down the road in Redmond.

That would be Vista, a business software and services company founded in 1999 by John Wall. He was not amused when Microsoft announced its choice yesterday, setting the stage for a massive rollout when its flagship operating system goes on sale in fall 2006.

Wall, a well-known technology executive in the area who earlier founded Wall Data, is examining whether the name violates the trademark his company has held for six years. He plans to raise the issue with Microsoft, a company notoriously protective of its own trademarks, and may take the issue to court.

Windows Vista  <-- product name

Vista <--- Mr Wall's company name

No conflict - No case

(e.g. The Rolling Stones (rock band) vs Rolling Stone (music magazine))


Now we all know what they really want is:

Windows-Visa®   

[Darth Sidious]

Now we all know what they really want is:

Windows-Visa®   

Hmm... Crashy and insecure.  I like it 
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Grim]

Virus writers are working on ways of hacking Microsoft's new operating system known as Windows Vista.

An Austrian programmer has published examples of malicious code that exploits loopholes in technology which could be part of Vista.
The viruses affect Microsoft's command shell technology which is expected to replace the current command prompt.
 
Vista, previously codenamed Longhorn, is due for release towards the end of 2006, half a decade after Windows XP.

Finnish security company F-Secure described the malicious code as proof-of-concept viruses to highlight potential vulnerabilities in Vista.
 
In company's blog, F-Secure's director of anti-virus research, Mikko Hypponen said: "The case is interesting historically, as these are the first viruses for a totally new platform."

The viruses target MSH (Microsoft Command Shell), the technology that Microsoft is looking to use in Vista.
 
Security experts had warned about the possibility of virus writers exploiting MSH in 2004.
 
But it is unclear whether the technology will make it into the final version of Vista.
 
"It has lately been rumoured that MSH might not ship with Vista at all," said Mr Hypponen.
"Instead [it] might be part of Microsoft Exchange 2006 or something. We won't know for sure until later."
 
Microsoft's flagship Windows software already runs on about 90% of personal computers worldwide.
 
The firm has promised that Vista will take what for Microsoft is a completely new approach to computing, with security not an add-on but an integral part of the operating system.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4748257.stm

[Sethan]

Well, if Microsoft decides not to ship every part of Vista that is hacked during beta, but the time it is released, they can rename it:

"Empty Box for Windows"

[toasty0]

Well, if Microsoft decides not to ship every part of Vista that is hacked during beta, but the time it is released, they can rename it:

"Empty Box for Windows"

 

[Nemesis]

Well, if Microsoft decides not to ship every part of Vista that is hacked during beta, but the time it is released, they can rename it:

"Empty Box for Windows"

Exactly what I need, a place to store my Linux CDs.

[toasty0]

Well, if Microsoft decides not to ship every part of Vista that is hacked during beta, but the time it is released, they can rename it:

"Empty Box for Windows"

Exactly what I need, a place to store my Linux CDs.

Gotta put them somehere besides the coffee table as coasters, eh?

<snicker>