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How Vista, XP, and Blackcomb got their name

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? :P


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Yea and Microsoft makes so much money because they are smart :p

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Yeah, that's true. lol


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was expecting so much more

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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...

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

Hehe,i'm from the future and i don't want to talk to you about windows 7(not even the name)!
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Vista is a beautiful view, and XP is a shortened form of eXPerience.

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VISTA = Virtual Insanity System That Anihilates

BASICALLY ITS A DARLEK

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thats really interesting.. thanks for sharing :)

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


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


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