Windows Vista News

Over at Blink.nu, someone did some digging in the Windows Vista code and came across this little gem: an xml file that, decoded, revealed 20 different product names for Vista. Over at Blink.nu, they are calling these "SKUs," but that would not be the accurate term, since SKUs are numeric, and these are actual English product names. The question is, are there going to be 20 different versions of Windows? Seriously? Because that would be madness!!

The full list:

Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB
Longhorn Enterprise Server (ADS)
Longhorn Enterprise Server - IA64
Longhorn Standard Server
Longhorn Datacenter Server
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VL Binding Service
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VLGeneric
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - DMAK
Windows Vista Starter Digital Boost - OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic - OEM
Windows Vista Home Premium - OEM
Windows Vista Ultimate - OEM
Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB - OEM
Longhorn Enterprise Server - OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic N
Windows Vista Pro Standard N