Monday, June 12, 2006 #

Microsoft recent/future code names demystified

Here I tried to compile a list of recent and future MS codenames...

 

Operating System

Longhorn       Windows Vista

Fiji                Windows OS/update after Vista but before Vienna

Vienna          Code name ‘Blackcomb renamed’. Windows OS after Vista.

Singularity     A research OS written in Managed code (C#)

Bigtop           Experimental grid computing operating system

 

Development Frameworks

WinFX           .Net Framework 3.0(.NET Framework 2.0 + WCF+ WPF+ WWF+ WCS)

Indigo           WCF (Windows Communication Foundation)

Avalon          WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)

InfoCard        WCS (Windows CardSpace)

WWF            WWF (Windows Workflow Foundation)

Monad           MSH/Windows Power Shell

Atlas             AJAX in ASP.NET 2.0

 

Programming Languages

LINQ             Language Integrated Query Language (C#3.0/VB9.0) with C-omega -like data access features that Microsoft is proposing for the next release of Visual Studio

 

Communication

Kahuna          Windows live mail

         

Database

Yukon           SQL Server 2005

 

Designer

Sparkle          EID (Expression Interactive Designer)

Acrylic          EGD (Expression Graphic Designer)

Quartz          EWD (Expression Web Designer)

 

IDE

Whidbey        Visual Studio 2005

Whitehorse      Set of Web services-based business-process modeling tools in Whidbey

Burton           VSTS (Visual Studio 2005 Team System)

Cider             Visual Studio Designer for WPF

Orcas            Visual Studio (2008?) after Whidbey

Hawaii              Visual Studio (2010?) After orcas

 

Mobility

Magneto        Windows Mobile 5.0

Origami          UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PCs)

Yamazaki       Windows CE 6.0

Crossbow       Windows Mobile 5.0 Second Edition

Photon          Windows Mobile 6.0

 

 

Gaming

Xenon           Xbox360

 

 

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