MS Windows what?
- IT TOPICS:Applications, Windows
You have got to be kidding me.
We put a man on the moon, build the Hoover dam, charge $50k a year for college, come up with the name of Acura for a car brand and the best contribution that MS can make is to call their upcoming version of Windows Vista?
I know that coming up with a product name is difficult, but if this is all that the biggest moneymaking machine on the planet, this side of the IRS, could come up with, we are in big trouble as a species.
What was wrong with Windows 2006? It kept in line with a familiar brand pattern and is easily recognizable.
Windows is the brand, not the 2006, that's just the version. What about Vista says "for systems other than servers"? What about it says "for consumers"? It evokes natural landscapes, mountain views, blue skies, etc. Hardly makes me think "high quality operating system."
I'm sure it will still sell a ton of copies, but I bet it will be roundly discussed by the media, IT people and customers alike as Windows 2006 or still as Longhorn.
You won't find me personally referring to it as anything with a V in it. Windows 2006...ahh, fits like an old pair of comfortable shoes.
Kind of makes you wonder where the whole vision thing (pun intended) went to over there in Redmond.
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