Microsoft may be in trouble for naming its forthcoming operating system Vista after it transpired that the name has been registered by an American company for nearly six years.
Vista, which operates a small business internet interchange, is actually based in Microsoft’s home town of Redmond. It was started in May 2000 by John Wall, the founder of Wall Data and an erstwhile investor in SCO.
This is definitely going to be interesting. Vista may of found this a good chance to either score some money from Microsoft, or simple really wants the PR. I don’t understand how they could win an arguement over this.. it’s not like they renamed the company to Vista. Check out the full news post at VNU Net.