Windows Vista?!?!

Microsoft has announced the release name for their Codename: Longhorn operating system. By the end of next year systems will be shipping with "Windows Vista". "We each have our own unique view or vista of this digital world. Windows Vista is going to bring more clarity to that," says Greg Sullivan, Microsoft Group Product Manager.

I am going to be blunt, I don't like it. I don't like the sound of it, the silly metaphor, or the over hyped "digital world" stuff we are getting out of Microsoft these last few releases. Marketing has gone to their heads and this is the result. It seems they are spending more time trying to think of inspiring product names than perhaps fixing the security flaws that are no doubt going to flood them following the release. But enough about my thoughts on Microsoft, the name itself is just unmotivated and pretentious. No computer buff is going to feel comfortable telling his friends he is running, "Windows Vista".

However, as much as I dislike the name, I could learn to love it if Microsoft has learned from their past mistakes and produced a secure OS. Only time will tell I'm afraid, but in my eyes we are off to a bad start.

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