• MICROSOFT CODENAMES

    Do you know guys Microsoft people are very keen of giving their products codenames before their release. So I am presenting some of the codenames and their referring products.

    Code Name Product
    Whistler Windows XP
    Longhorn Windows Vista
    Blackcomb Windows Seven (next version of Windows after Vista)
    Creekside Windows XP Starter Edition

    All of them have something in common, they are all skiing resorts in British Columbia.

    Code Name Product
    Whidbey Visual Studio 2005
    Orcas Visual Studio 2008
    Rosario Team Foundation System
    Hawaii Visual Studio 2010 (unconfirmed)

    All of the code names are islands!

    Windows 2000 SP1 ---> Asteroid
    Windows 95 ---> Chicago
    Windows NT 3.5 ---> Daytona
    Windows XP Media Center---> Free Style
    Windows NT 4 ---> Impala
    Windows 3.1 ---> Janus
    Windows Vista ---> Longhorn
    Windows 98 ---> Memphis
    Windows ME ---> Georgia
    Windows Vista Media ---> Slalom
    Windows Xp 64 Bit ---> Sundown
    Windows Xp ---> Whistler
    Windows Server 2003 ---> Whistler Server

    Last But not the least


    Successor to Vista ---> BlackComb

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