'vis'는 'to see' 보다라는 뜻을 가진 어근이다.
vista (명) 전망(멀리까지 볼 수 있는 시야), 멀리 미래를 내다보는 전망
vista, view, outlook 모두 눈으로 멀리 내다보는 것을 일컫는 동시에 앞으로 일어날 일을 마음속으로 예측하는 것을 일컫기도 한다. 웅장한 대로를 말을 타고 걷는다면, 1킬로미터 정도 가면 무엇과 마주칠지 알 수 있다. 이는 곧 머지않은 미래를 내다보는 것과 같다.
Turning a corner, they found themselves gazing out on the broad vista of the river valley.
코너를 돌자, 강가 계곡에 보이는 드넓은 전망이 눈에 들어왔다.
The economic vista for the next two years looks excellent, according to a poll of business economists.
경제전문가들을 대상으로 한 설문조사에 따르면 향후 2년 동안 경제전망은 매우 밝다.
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Steve Jobs famously critiqued Windows Vista during a 2007 interview at the D5 Conference. He didn't specifically mention Longhorn, but Vista was the final product that emerged from the Longhorn project. Here's an approximation of what he might have said:
"Well, you know, we've been working on our own operating system for a long time, and what we've seen from Windows Vista is a bit disappointing. It's not up to the standards that we would have hoped for in terms of user experience. It's bloated, it's slow, and it's not as intuitive as it could be. We believe in simplicity and elegance, and Vista seems to have missed the mark on that."
Jobs was known for his candid assessments, and his comments on Vista reflected Apple's competitive stance against Microsoft in the operating system market.