Microsoft has confirmed that Longhorn's official name will become 'Vista.'

A video is available at Microsoft's Web site, showing two unnamed and disturbingly enthusiastic middle-aged men (one of them's a cowboy) teasing the audience with a sneak preview of Windows Vista. A tip to Microsoft: it's not a good idea to start your videos with blue screens.

'In a world of more to do and more to discover, the desire is clarity,' says the video. Actually, I think the desire is more for something reliable that doesn't require a monstrous supercomputer to run. The video ends with the message: 'clear, confident and connected.'

What can it all mean? And various wags have already started calling this OS Hasta La Vista. Microsoft has also registered the domain name windowsvista.us. The video can be viewed here.

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