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.

    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.

    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

    Chris Howard had this to say on Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 1209

  • 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!

    Chris Howard had this to say on Jul 25, 2005 Posts: 1209
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