I don think anybody has ever taken Microsoft brand loyalty
quite so far as this: MVP Bil Simser has named his daughter after
Windows Vista. If that wasnt enough, Vistas middle name, Avalon,
is the codename for Windows Presentation Foundation. You can see
her, complete with subversive iPod branding, on his site. The proud
father points out that this sets his daughter in good stead for
later life:
Her blog will contain the largest number of search hits with people
looking for information about Vista
She has her very own carrying case (a laptop bag) and other
personalized logoware, most of which I can buy from the Microsoft
store or any geek conference for the next 10 years
Shell be the only one at her school with a service pack (or two,
or three,
) named after her
If shes hot (and she will be) boys will make many crazy jokes
about starting her up and rebooting her to which I will pummel
them upside the head with an XPS laptop that Ill carry around to
interview any potential suitors.
More seriously, he points out that theyre nice names with
non-computing heritages - and, more importantly, Bottom line, we
think its a pretty name and its hers for life. We like it, and
shes our daughter not yours so deal. Plus, as he points out, by
the time that shes old enough to be aware of where the name comes
from Windows Vista will be replaced by the next version (currently
under the eminently non-child-friendly moniker of Windows
Seven.)
This is, as far as Im aware, the first time a baby has been
deliberately named after a Microsoft product - although there are
plenty of people called Max, Memphis, and Bob - all of them
Microsoft codenames or products.
Have you got any picks for Microsoft codenames thatd work as baby
names? Could you raise a boy called Ajax (web technology) Kahuna
(codename for the new Hotmail) or er, Photon (Windows Mobile 7.0)?
Let us know in the comments.
http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/UK/05582469249563503026/new-baby-named-vista-after-windows-vista.htm
