Posted on 07/25/2005 6:43:26 PM PDT by Panerai
The founder of a Redmond, Wash.-based custom application and services provider is considering taking action to challenge Microsoft Corp. over the naming of the next version of the Windows operating system (OS).
John Wall, chief executive officer of Vista Inc., said his company is “considering all of its options” for a potential case against Microsoft because of the company’s choice of the name “Windows Vista” for the previously code-named Longhorn version of the OS.
Wall said the naming of Windows may violate a trademark his company has and potentially create confusion over the software and services Vista provides. Vista is headquartered just down the road from Microsoft and provides small businesses with online information systems, including custom applications, as well as with consulting services.
“If people call it Windows Vista, thats not a problem,” he said. “If people call it ‘Vista,’ that confuses it with our business and what we do.”
Wall said Vista will be analyzing traffic to its Web site, http://www.vista.com, to see what effect the “Windows Vista” name may have on visitors to the site. If the effect is significant — that is, if a surge of visitors come to Vista.com looking for information about Windows Vista — the company may decide to take legal actions over the trademark.
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Vista? That's almost as good as 'Acme'.
The frivolous tech lawsuit trend marches ever onwards.
Ping!
Good, I hope MS gets scared and uses a different name... Windows Vista sounds stupid! :D
How about Windows "Pane"?
Man, you ain't kidding ... now that is one freakin' lame sounding name!
For all Microsoft's reputed intellect, the company is DUMB DUMB DUMB! What kind of intelligent person would get this far down the road toward naming a product, without researching and resolving trademark disputes?
Windows "Sill"?
They should name it "Basta", as in "enough already".
The Vista View Apartments.
There ain't no vista, and there ain't no view. And there sure ain't no vista of no view.
Does bending over and retching count as an "effect"?
Slowboat got it almost right... call it Windows Pain, and there's no truth-in-advertising lawsuit that can ever be lodged against 'em!
But now, with "Vista", they've proven that if you just lift up that barrel ...
LOL!
"What kind of intelligent person would get this far down the road toward naming a product, without researching and resolving trademark disputes?"
The arrogant kind. MS stripped Lindows from their name because they said it was an infringement on their trademark.. guess they think it's just a one way street. Their arrogance knows no bounds.
OSS ping! (for N3WBI3, who is on sabbatical)
Ummm ... no. Vista is a REAL word which according to dictionary.com means:
A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening.
Lindows, is an obvious blending of the words "linux" and "Windows". Windows is a registered trademark, therefore illegal.
There is NO comparison.
i was just thinking as i read this,
i don't have a negative image of "vista",
because i used to live in a city named the same.
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