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ASTEROIDAnother System That's Engineered Rigorously, Obsolete In Days. Sean Lamb (Asteroid was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT version 5.1)
AVALON (2)Another Venture, Another Loss - Or Not? Sean Lamb (Avalon is Microsoft's code name for the graphics API in Longhorn, but will it succeed?)
Computers:Windows
AVALON (3)Advanced Video Api Leads Off .Net Sean Lamb (Avalon is Microsoft's code name for the graphics API in LONGHORN)
Computers:Windows
HYDRAHow You Define Reboots Again Sean Lamb (Hydra was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition; MS servers always seem to need a reboot...)
INDIGOIt Never Did Integrate Global Objects Sean Lamb (Indigo is Microsoft's code name for the .NET communication technologies)
Computers:Windows
LONGHORNLate Or Not, Gates Holds Out. Releases Nothing Sean Lamb (the next version of Microsoft Windows, codenamed Longhorn, has now been delayed until 2006).
Computers:Windows
LONGHORN (2)Long Overdue... Nobody's Getting Horny Over Releasing Nothing Angela Brett, who thinks that LONGHORN is a misnomer.
Computers:Windows
MEMPHISMaybe Every Microsoft Programmer Hates Information Services Sean Lamb (Memphis was the code name Microsoft used for Windows 98)
Computers:Windows
MEMPHIS (2)Microsoft Engineers Make Promise, However It's Sketchy Sean Lamb (Memphis was Microsoft's code name for Windows 98)
MIDWAYMicrosoft Is Developing Widgets Attracting Youth Sean Lamb (Midway was Microsoft's code name for the Xbox)
Computers:Games
NASHVILLENot A Simple Hyperlinker; Visiting Internet Links, Lackluster Experience Sean Lamb (Nashville was the internal code name used by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 4.0)
Computers:Internet:Web browsers
NASHVILLE (2)Now Another Software Html Viewer Is Leaving Locales Exposed Sean Lamb (Nashville was Microsoft's code name for Internet Explorer 4.0; there are so many exploits written against IE that its use is now often recommended against)
Computers:Internet:Web browsers
RAPIERRedmond Application Platform Is Engineered Roughly Sean Lamb (Rapier is Microsoft's code name for Windows CE 3.0 for Pocket PC version 2)
Computers:Windows
SUPERFETCHSpeed Up Program Execution Really Fast Enabling The Consumer Hastily Sean Lamb (SuperFetch was Microsoft's code name for the technology [which may have since been removed] in LONGHORN to speed application launching)
WHIDBEYWhat Has It Done But Ensare You? Sean Lamb (Whidbey is Microsoft's code name for Visual Studio '05; Microsoft's strategy can often be reduced to Embrace-Extend-Extinguish, as they first accept standards then provide "essential" extensions that are only compatible with their own products)
Computers:Programming
Computers:Windows:Applications
WHISTLER"Windows Has Inconsistencies" Said The Laboratory Engineer Relentlessly Sean Lamb (Whistler was the internal code name used by Microsoft for Windows XP)
Computers:Windows