May 17, 2006

Windows Code Names

Now I know where Microsoft comes up with Windows code names. I didn't know the Canadians had this kind of influence over Windows development.

Ever wonder where Microsoft got the code name for its upcoming Windows Vista release? According to Lily Delos Rios, VP of Product Delivery at Symantec, the code name Longhorn grew out of two then-current project code names: Whistler and Blackcomb. Whistler and Blackcomb are two mountains near the popular Whistler, British Columbia, ski community. The project named Whistler became Windows XP, and Blackcomb was to be an even more ambitious new operating system. When it seemed that Blackcomb was too ambitious, Microsoft decided it needed something in the middle, something between Whistler and Blackcomb. In the real world, there's a saloon located between the two mountains, and that saloon's name is Longhorn.

Source: Security Watch: Forget Google, it's Symantec vs. Microsoft - CNET reviews

Posted by Cale on May 17, 2006

Categories: tech.commentary, tech.commentary.microsoft
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