2005/07/30

Goodbye to Longhorn

Wooo.. at last, Microsoft finally decided to drop the official name "Longhorn" for the next release of Windows. The new name is "Vista". Frankly, Longhorn is an uninspiring name. Vista is a perfect name indicating the new OS will have a distant view or prospect. However, Vista has been registered by a software company. It is interesting to see how Microsoft could settle the legal issue of stealing other people's registered names.

Take a look at the poorly designed Longhorn logo and compare it with new Windows Vista logo. Vista logo is simple, cystal clear and elegant in design.



Haha.....Microsoft has taken a wise move to abandon Longhorn as the official brand name.

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