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Microsoft named next-gen OS Longhorn to Microsoft Windows Vista. Wow.
I like the Vista name, fresh, cool, and somehow colorful.

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Anyway, the folks from BetaNews apparently knew about this and:
The folks at Redmond have long pointed to the user interface of the next generation Windows release as one of its major selling points. Now, Microsoft has chosen an official name for Longhorn with just that in mind. Enter: Windows Vista.

Word of the new name leaked out late Thursday after Microsoft tipped off journalists and enthusiast sites of an impending Longhorn-related announcement due Friday morning. “Windows Vista” was first mentioned at a Microsoft sales conference in Atlanta, according to reports.

Bringing clarity to your world.

Today we live in a world of more information, more ways to communicate, more things to do. There is more you can do and even more you can discover.

Every day, millions of people around the globe rely on their Windows PC to manage their increasingly digital lives. While familiar tools for managing digital information are powerful, today’s world requires more.

In today’s digital world, you want the PC to adapt to you, so you can cut through the clutter and focus on what’s important to you.

Introducing Windows Vista™

It enables a new level of confidence in your PC and in your ability to get the most out of it.

It introduces clear ways to organize and use information the way you want to use it.

It seamlessly connects you to information, people, and devices that help you get the most out of life.

Bringing clarity to our world!? I think Microsoft needs some glasses!!

There is no formal release date for Vista, but Microsoft is saying “Arriving 2006″. And: 2006 is weirdly Times New Roman. My instinct is that it will change, and it is ready to change.

Beta will be avaliable soon: Beta 1, “targeted at developers and IT professionals”, will be available by August 3rd 2005.

Hmm. Is anybody going to get it? It’s not too far away, August 3rd.
There’s not much information after that. Microsoft not releasing more? We’ll get more…