Old and busted: Longhorn, New Hotness: Vista. Pardon me while I refill my crack pipe

by James R. Stoup Jul 22, 2005

Microsoft has just announced the name for their new operating system. Through some shady contacts I actually managed to get a hold of the original list of posible names for the new OS and let me tell you, it is startling to see what they passed up on.


Longhorn
Iron Maiden
Beefalope
Tommyknocker Edition
Fresca
XP SP3
WOSX
Windows 200?
Windows Security Edition
Windows No Longer Going To Be Ass Raped By The Virus Writers Edition
Vasectomy
Veal
Visa
Vista

Well, there you have it. And you always wondered what went on inside Gate’s head.

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  • You forgot Microsoft XP Tiger Edition.

    United States Bill Barstad had this to say on Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 7

  • Dude - don’t rip on Iron Maiden—ever smile

    Vista is a lame name - but M$ is pretty content with mediocrity by now. I’m happy knowing I use the best OS around every day and the next OS X release will only add more separation between M$ garbage and OS X.

    United States edolecki had this to say on Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 1

  • lmao James. My fave was in that lot was Vasectomy - works on a few levels. Very, very funny

    Australia Chris Howard had this to say on Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 1184

  • I just read this on cNet:

    Using a similarly sarcastic tone, blogger Veggiedude sees “VISTA” as an acronym for “the top five Windows problems: Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware,” he wrote.

    I laughed so much!

    Australia Chris Howard had this to say on Jul 25, 2005 Posts: 1184
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