Everything seems to be called VISTA, lol. There was a group called VISTA in
my locality, social and activities group for the visually impaired.
I can't imagine what the name means to the next generation of micrososft
though.
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Maule-Oatway" <c.maule@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:24 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows "Longhorn" is no more!
Hello,
VISTA - now there's a name from the past! In the mid and late 1980s there was a product called VISTA, which was a screen magnification package produced, I think, by the German company who made the Frank Audiodata, a speech screen reader which was controled by slider controls on the sides and bottom of the keyboard.
At around the same time, a computer application called VISTA was written in-house for the Inner London Education Authority. (I recall writing and maintaining some programs for it myself). The I.I.L.E.A. received complaints from the producers of the VISTA magnification package, who pointed out that VISTA was a registered trademark and that the I.L.E.A. had no right to use the name! I have a feeling that the programmers had to remove all references to VISTA in the programs.
Perhaps the society in Leicester could come to an advantageous arrangement with Microsoft for the use of their name!
Chris
At 16:04 23/07/05 +0100, you wrote:
Sorry, Barry, the infernal URL wrapped to a second line. It should end in LHMA.mspx.
It essentially announces that Longhorn will be renamed "Vista", and that the Beta will be available for developers around 3rd August. I'll hopefully be able to report a little more after that.
(That should please the "Vista" Society for the Blind up in Leicester!)
George.
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