FMH Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Extract from: http://www.zdnet.com...le_skin;content Let's help Microsoft name Windows 8 It?s easy to forget that?Windows 8? is just a code name. When Microsoft Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky finally uttered the words ?Windows 8? in an official capacity earlier this year, he made a point of noting it was nothing but a codename. Extract from: Many of us have assumed that Microsoft will call Windows 8 client ?Windows 8? when it is released, given that it?s the follow-up to Windows 7. But maybe that?s not the case?. I?ve gotten a couple of tips in recent months from various sources cautioning me that Windows 8 may not be the final name of the next version of Windows client. My tipsters didn?t spill a list of potential candidates under consideration. But they did note that Windows 8 is nothing but a codename. One of the supposed reasons: Microsoft wants to make it clear that Windows 8 is a break from the past, and, as its execs repeatedly claim, the biggest Windows release since Windows 95. Therefore, a new and different name is in order. In a September 7 blog post about Hyper-V?s inclusion in Windows 8, company officials actuallyused quotation marks around the name ?Windows 8? as Windows watcher Paul Thurrott noted. As my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott added, Microsoft didn?t use this convention when referring to Windows 7. Aha! The codename-plot theory thickens?. - - - - - - - Their are some great(and a some lot of bad ones too) name suggestions in comments. Any good suggestions at Neowin? ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Microsoft Windows Live Operating System 2012 Starter/Home/Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate, or something "catchy" like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted September 9, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted September 9, 2011 Microsoft Windows VI 6.2 'Saint Bernard' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows ? sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Man Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows Vista 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows ? sounds good. It's my favourite too. Another good suggestion was LiveOS, since it will have very tight integration with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I really hope they just call it Windows 8. Simple and to the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows 7 was a code name too, this proves nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows ? sounds good. It does indeed, but sadly, it'd be a bit of an ironic name when "Windows Infinity" (or Infinite) gets replaced by a newer version later on. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Heartripper Subscriber¹ Posted September 9, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 9, 2011 I really hope they just call it Windows 8. Simple and to the point. I do agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Smith Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows ? sounds good. Could be confused with Visual Studio's logo, plus as mentioned above, a little awkward after the next version is released. I really hope they just call it Windows 8. Simple and to the point. Perfect. Doesn't need any silly names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Miller Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows? </thread> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Mungis Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Yeah I agree with Jen could easily be confused with Visual Studio, Windows 8 sounds like the successor of Windows 7, an improved version so I'd just stick with it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 what about Infin8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted September 9, 2011 Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2011 I did quite like the Windows Flux suggestion. I think it would be fine for them to go for a whole new naming convention, but only if the next major version of Windows Phone follows a similar convention (unless Windows and Windows Phone become one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 I really hope they just call it Windows 8. Simple and to the point. I know, but Sinofsky called it "Windows 8" in the last few BUILD articles, as said so in the ZDnet article. So it could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Windows Olympian would be good. I prefer Windows Eight rather than 8. As long as they do not ask the cretin that named Vista, his/her opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 I just got a brilliant suggestion! Some fellow Neowinians may have noticed my use of the term W8. Their you have it, the Windows 7predecessor is: W8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the better twin Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I just got a brilliant suggestion! Some fellow Neowinians may have noticed my use of the term W8. Their you have it, the Windows 7predecessor is: W8 I dont think using a term associated with being slow is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdrew Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 In honor of the Firefox rapid release cycle, why not: Windows 15.0 (codename Windows 8). :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I really hope they just call it Windows 8. Simple and to the point. This. Everybody knows Windows, doesn't need a gimmicky name to try and draw attention to itself like some minority OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 I dont think using a term associated with being slow is a good idea. Oh.... are you refering to Windows itself, or is their something slow about W or 8? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Smith Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Oh.... are you refering to Windows itself, or is their something slow about W or 8? :huh: W8 as in "wait", and I agree, definitely not something you typically want to associate with a product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 W8 as in "wait", and I agree, definitely not something you typically want to associate with a product. :laugh: rofl HAHAHA! How did I missed that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 they could market it like Microsoft's new OS is Legend W8 for it......... Dary!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts