From: "Randy" 

Longhorn, by any other name, perhaps?

"Geo"  wrote in message news:42e24e0c{at}w3.nls.net...
> Ok, so name the reasons someone would want to upgrade?
>
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>
> A Microsoft spokesman said the company chose Vista from a list developed
> by
> the Windows team, based on attributes of the new software. 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.
>
> "It's really about your view of the world," said Windows
director, Neil
> Charney. "The core focus is putting you at the center and letting you
> focus
> on what's important to you."
>
> The name will also be the foundation of a marketing blitz next year to
> persuade customers to upgrade their computers. A preview was on
> Microsoft's
> new Windows Vista Web site (microsoft.com/windowsvista) yesterday:
>
> "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," the preview
> says,
> explaining that Vista "enables a new level of confidence in your PC and in
> your ability to get the most out of it."
>
> Charney said Vista emphasizes the "notion of bringing clarity to your
> world."
>
> "We think that the new version of Windows really deserved a name that was
> more representative of what it specifically brings to customers," he said.
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>
> Well, Narco the search and seisure doggie has been improved and um...
>
> you gotta be kidding, these are the primary selling points?
>
> Geo.
>
>

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