Windows Vista How Vista, XP, and Blackcomb got their name

[Matt]

Windows Code name blackcomb now Vienna, and Windows NT 5.1, codenamed "Whistler"; were both named after the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Vista, codename longhorn, which was an intermediate release, was named after a bar at the Whistler-Blackcomb resort.

Isn't Microsoft smart at the naming?

 

[Nathan]

Yea and Microsoft makes so much money because they are smart

 

[Matt]

Yeah, that's true. lol

 

[JoeSoCool]

was expecting so much more

 

[temur]

Same. But anyway, these names are quite fascinating, they're not simple. Vista means some kind of Window is Spanish or something along the lines...

 

[Chaoswarrior]

No vista means some kind of seeing something nice either artificial or natural wonder...

 

[Kyle]

Vista is a beautiful view, and XP is a shortened form of eXPerience.

 

[the_blue_master]

VISTA = Virtual Insanity System That Anihilates

BASICALLY ITS A DARLEK

 

[ViennaX]

thats really interesting.. thanks for sharing

 

[Matt]

Vista is a beautiful view, and XP is a shortened form of eXPerience.

Correct, that's why we have good wallpaper in Windows Vista.