Microsoft announces name of new version of Windows: Vista
{{date|July 26, 2005}}

[[File:Windows Vista logo.png|left|160px|]]
[[w:Microsoft|Microsoft Corporation]] has announced that the official name of the next version of its Windows operating system will be "[[w:Windows Vista|Windows Vista]]".  The system was formerly referred to by the codename “[[w:Windows Longhorn|Longhorn]].”
[[Image:Windows Vista naming photo.jpg|right|thumb|160px|Brian Valentine and Kevin Johnson announce Windows Vista at the Microsoft Global Business Conference in Atlanta]]

Brad Goldberg, the general manager of Windows product development, said the new name is aimed at "communicating the idea of clarity." Microsoft has said that this new version will include better graphics and security.

Windows Vista  is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2006; this will make five years after the launch of Windows XP, the longest interim yet between releases of Windows. [[File:Windows Vista demo.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Microsoft employee Don Lionetti tries out an early version of Windows Vista.]]
Additional details on Windows Vista will be released at a developer's conference in September. Beta testing of the software targeted at developers and IT professionals will begin on August 3.

== Related news ==
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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EC7020CD-8F2D-4B1B-8A6E-690CCEEA4221.htm
|title=MS looks at Vista beyond Windows
|author=
|pub=Aljazeera
|date=July 23, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10337262
|title=Microsoft names new operating system 'Vista'
|author=Reuters
|pub=The New Zealand Herald
|date=July 23, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-22LHMA.mspx
|title=Media Alert: Microsoft Unveils Official Name for “Longhorn” and Sets Date for First Beta Targeted at Developers and IT Professionals
|author=
|pub=Microsoft
|date=July 23, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx
|title=Microsoft Windows Vista
|author=
|pub=Microsoft
|date=July 23, 2005}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0507/25234/Win_Name_MBR.asx Announcement video]

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[[ja:次期Windowsの正式名称、「Windows Vista」に決まる]]
Microsoft Corporation has announced that the official name of the next version of its Windows operating system will be "Windows Vista".  The system was formerly referred to by the codename “Longhorn.”
Brian Valentine and Kevin Johnson announce Windows Vista at the Microsoft Global Business Conference in Atlanta

Brad Goldberg, the general manager of Windows product development, said the new name is aimed at "communicating the idea of clarity." Microsoft has said that this new version will include better graphics and security.

Windows Vista  is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2006; this will make five years after the launch of Windows XP, the longest interim yet between releases of Windows. Microsoft employee Don Lionetti tries out an early version of Windows Vista.
Additional details on Windows Vista will be released at a developer's conference in September. Beta testing of the software targeted at developers and IT professionals will begin on August 3.
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