MS Vista in trouble?

hahahahahaha!!! Im laughing so hard i have tears!!!

WindozeSux writes....

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Imagine that, an anti-microsoft person trying to make a mountain from a molehill.

(from the article referenced) As of yesterday afternoon, no companies had raised any Vista trademark issues with Microsoft lawyers, spokeswoman Stacy Drake said. She said the company filed for trademark protection of the words "Windows" and "Vista" used together.

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hehe I've already said it once, if it turns out they have to change their name again - we'll have a lot of angry ppl here at NP :D

ThreeD said:

hehe I've already said it once, if it turns out they have to change their name again - we'll have a lot of angry ppl here at NP :D

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Ahh, but then we get another mad rush to get domains!

Sabre said:

Ahh, but then we get another mad rush to get domains!

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I already said this in another thread - if MS changes the name one more time I think there is a conspiracy between MS and the major registrars. The registrars make a couple of million extra and MS get their share as well

ThreeD said:

I already said this in another thread - if MS changes the name one more time I think there is a conspiracy between MS and the major registrars. The registrars make a couple of million extra and MS get their share as well

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I definitely suspect the move of registrars behind this name change

i said that the first 1 hour after of them doing the name change. Exactly why i didnt purchase a name... i had a dream about something "like" this the night before, totally different company, a company that didnt even exist O.o, let me tell you it was scary O.o

heh... hope they get sued loads!

I say that, but I suppose I could't live without microsoft. I would have to kill myself.

PoorDoggie said:

heh... hope they get sued loads!

I say that, but I suppose I could't live without microsoft. I would have to kill myself.

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I am sure you'd find a substitute

I'm sure Microsoft was aware of John Wall's co before they landed on Vista as the name for their new OS. (BTW, "Longbranch" was always designated as the working title of the new OS, and never considered to be the name that would be used.) I don't know how large Wall's co is, but if I were him, I'd be jumping for joy over the news, and imagine that his "terse comments" are merely a pre-discussions front.

As far as speculating is concerned, (varying degrees of), risk goes w/ the territory. Risk is weighed against the potential rewards and is relative to the cutoff point of acceptable loss. I have treaded lightly w/ Vista, due more to getting a late start, (by 3das), and not being able to find enough "2nd round pick-ups" or "1st round misses", that I felt would warrant more risk. I got into LED, RFID, Mobi, "Blink" tech, ogg and a few other emerging areas, well ahead of the curve, and was willing to risk more funds there, because of the broader selection avail due to arriving early. (Of course, the difficulty w/ getting in early, is that there is less assurance that the category you are in, is actually viable, at all, and if it's an extremely new technology, finding enough useful info to figure out how the technology will be applied and what names will be the most relevant for it's future uses.

To my mind, risking the expense of reg fees, for a year or two, for domain name's that relate to a new Microsoft OS, (that may or may not be w/ us for years), particularly when the OS name associates well w/ an existing mark- eg "Windows" : "Vista"- is a risk worth taking. However, and I say this in all sincerity, I do give alot of creedence to some of my dreams, as axilant has done. O.o.

OK, you guys better quit talking about your dreams and doing this >> O.o.

It's starting to creep me out.

:o

OK, you guys better quit talking about your dreams and doing this >> O.o.
It's starting to creep me out.

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"Ah-O.o-ahhh! It's the wherewolf of London, Ah-O.o-Ahhh-ah-O.o!"

All I wanna know is where does that cat get his dew?

Hmm.. now what was the OP about, again? Oh yeah. Vista. Well, I kinda like it. Good regs, IMHO.

ROFL!!!

But seriously,

Slashdot said:

Among its primary selling points are new tools for searching and viewing the contents of a PC; communications features; and a lighter desktop appearance with transparent objects.'"

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In other words, things that you can already do in XP with various pieces of software on the net?

In other words, things that you can already do in XP with various pieces of software on the net?

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1) Microsoft will rely on advances in technology, (ie dual processors, improved chips and other hardware), to combat the current sluggishness of their new OS. Presently, the word has it that they are working in conjunction w/ a hardware mnfr to beef up PC hdwe to achieve this.
2)Microsoft will continue to trim away at their new OS, aka Vista, continue lowering their expectations of bringing out a system w/ dramatically new architecture, (particularly the file system and how it is queried), leaving us w/ a new product that will be more like XP on steroids than a substantially new OS.
3)Somewhere in between.

Interesting year ahead for Microsoft and the entire technological landscape, for that matter. Should supply a wealth of oppurtunity for new domains that correspond to the emerging tech.

Grrilla said:

"Ah-O.o-ahhh! It's the wherewolf of London, Ah-O.o-Ahhh-ah-O.o!"

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Oh, that's just great. Now I got that song stuck in my head.

I just realized I was sitting here singing it as I was browsing the forum.

Thanks a lot Michael. :yell:

Well in that case, (and w/ the caveat that this is the Breakroom, after all):

"Doooo-duh--duh--duhduh --dooooh....!
Shooby-du-do--wha! -- Shooby-du-do--wha!
Doooo-duh--duh--duhduh --dooooh...!
Shooby-du-do--wha! -- Shooby-du-do--wha!
ooo000ooo-uh-ooo000ooo-Uh!

I can see you had a rough, tough Tuesday
Slow motion weekdays tear me down!

Shooby-do-wha!
Shooby-do-wha!

Snapshot image froze
Without a sound!"

Shooby-do-wha!
Shooby-do-wha!..."

Survey: Did you get in on the Vista-Name Rush?

This will be interesting:

http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=184479&source=r_technology

Jul. 24--By naming the next version of Windows "Vista," Microsoft may have stepped on the toes of another software company just down the road in Redmond.

That would be Vista, a business software and services company founded in 1999 by John Wall. He was not amused when Microsoft announced its choice yesterday, setting the stage for a massive rollout when its flagship operating system goes on sale in fall 2006.

Wall, a well-known technology executive in the area who earlier founded Wall Data, is examining whether the name violates the trademark his company has held for six years. He plans to raise the issue with Microsoft, a company notoriously protective of its own trademarks, and may take the issue to court.

"We're going to consider our options and talk to them," he said tersely.

But some naming experts applauded Microsoft's decision. They said it was wise to move away from odd letter combinations such as "XP" to an understandable word with positive connotations. Yet the name may matter less than Microsoft's clout.

"If they called it Windows Garbage, would people still buy it? Yeah, they'd buy it," said David Burd, owner of The Naming Co. in East Stroudsburg, Pa. "They've got something like 90 percent penetration in the world of operating systems."

Already a thread 'bout it here: http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=109332 :talk:

First froogles, now this. Ain't life great? :hehe: