Microsoft announces official new Windows name.

[prose]

Windows Vista.

A lot of names have already been taken

I've got vistaservers.com and freevistadownloads.com so far.

 

[Usavio]

Bad Name Choosen !

 

[prose]

Show me better that's available... Then PM me it for telling you about vista!

 

[Axioma]

Bad Name Choosen !

Maybe he was referring to MS's name choice 'Vista'...?

Prose, you beat me to VistaServers.com... that was the only vista domain I was interested in. Congrats!

Let's hope MS doesn't change it's mind later on...

 

[Kevin]

Interesting choice; and a versatile word with positive connotations.

“Vista” means view in Spanish.

And several cities use “Vista” in their name, e.g. Vista, Linda Vista, Chula Vista, etc.

 

[Bender]

?Vista? means view in Spanish.

And several cities use ?Vista? in their name, e.g. Vista, Linda Vista, Chula Vista, etc.

yeah, and some other cities use the english equivalent
(
Google's Mountain View)

 

[iBizStart]

wanted to reg vistasucks but the .com and .net is already taken

 

[mmkrulz]

Buena vista (After disney movies...), if i remember right, seems like "ok" name, nothing too fancy like the XP or anything.

 

[Edwin]

Wouldn't that make HastaLaVista.com the ultimate Linux advocacy domain?

 

[labrocca]

vista-talk.com
vistadriver.com
vista-service-pack.com

I took these. I wish I had seen this earlier...I was hoping to get a better forums. I guess vista-talk.com isn't terrible. I like that I have vistadriver.com though.

 

[acronym007]

I actually got a rejection from a ccTLD today to reg the word Vista. How can they reject me. That's whacked.

 

[NostraDomainus]

I actually got a rejection from a ccTLD today to reg the word Vista. How can they reject me. That's whacked.

You sure you didn't get rejected cuz some1 else bought the name elsewhere 1st but the registrar you tried to get it from wasn't up-to-date yet?

On days when people are all trying to buy the same names, it can appear that the domain is still available after it's been taken elsewhere around the world, as it takes time for such information to propagate throughtout the net.

Upon the registrar trying to submit the domain, it comes back rejected, and thus the registrar rejects it to you, after appearing you would get it.

I've been 'burned' this way several times myself on prime domains others bought the same day as I was trying.

The whole Net doesn't run on Real-Time... yet! (lol - like it ever will)

 

[Mr. Deleted]

A few register sites are real time, and I hate Hostway for "important" domains, as they are not real time, even though I heard they own their own registar, AAAQ.com! But I likle their lower prices for cheapo names. In any event, I tryed to reg 3 names through them and they all had OVT with ext, and ended up with 2 of them.

As for Vista, why are they useing a name like that anyway? It can not be trademarked, IMHO. www.vistawindows.com... Who will be sueing who first?

 

[mmkrulz]

A few register sites are real time, and I hate Hostway for "important" domains, as they are not real time, even though I heard they own their own registar, AAAQ.com! But I likle their lower prices for cheapo names. In any event, I tryed to reg 3 names through them and they all had OVT with ext, and ended up with 2 of them.

As for Vista, why are they useing a name like that anyway? It can not be trademarked, IMHO. www.vistawindows.com... Who will be sueing who first?

" www.vistawindows.com "
lmao, now that is funny, lets see how microsoft goes on this one.

 

[BLazeD]

Grrr - the one day I dont check the news! (saturday here)

Still got:

VISTAREADER.COM
VISTAFEEDS.NET
VISTAFILES.ORG
VISTAHOME.ORG
VISTATWEAKS.ORG
VISTAFORUMS.BIZ
VISTARSS.INFO

 

[Togoodhlth]

" www.vistawindows.com "
lmao, now that is funny, lets see how microsoft goes on this one.

LOL, I just went there. If this guy isnt up to date on Tech news he is going to be wondering why his hit counter went through the roof!
Surprised Msoft didnt buy the name from him before launching.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Last night I got:

VISTACOMPUTE.COM
VISTAFIXIT.COM
VISTAMAC.COM
MISTAVISTA.COM

 

[prose]

Today I found someone selling vistaservers.com on a few forums. I'm thinking it's an honest mistake. From the repliers reaction I think I got at least one good domain

 

[wills17]

Apparently M$ have gone back to using the Longhorn name now?

 

[BLazeD]

Apparently M$ have gone back to using the Longhorn name now?

NAFAIK

I also just bought VistaTutor.com off someone cheap. I dont know why people are registering the domains, and not bothering to hold onto the good ones.