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Originally Posted by JoeXIII'007
From what I've heard and seen so far of Longhorn, now 'vista', it should be pretty cool.
This may be a bit off-topic, but does anyone besides me think Microsoft could've come up with a better name? I mean, think about it. Vista? lol Every time Apple comes out with a new OS release, it always puts a good name to it (jaguar, tiger, etc. [cat names]). Why not Windows Hound, or bulldog, or Wolf, or some vicious wild dog name for the OS? "Vista" just seems too weak.
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-Joe
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I agree and your post reminds me of something else....
OS X on PCs and Windows XP. I believe that Vista will have a very hard time selling to the general public. For once M$ has very stiff competition which it created. I believe that Windows XP is stable enough that everyday PC users are not looking forward to their next Windows upgrade they way that most people longened for something better than Win95/98/Me. Not only will Vista have to compete with the stablity of XP it will have to compete against Apple's OS X. I believe that Apple will be releasing cheaper PC versions of their current Mac lineup faster than M$ could dream of releasing Vista(I'm counting on more delays on M$'s part).
As far as I am concerned Vista is a poor copy of what is already avaliable on Linux and OS X. Further more, I see the release of Vista as the beginning of Microsoft's decline. Their paranoia of Linux(which is a great OS but will not be taking over the world any time soon) shows that they could be anticipating their decline.
I know this was a rather pesamistic post however I believe that the next few years in the PC market could become very interesting for Microsoft.