Monday, October 16, 2006

Why the Name WHIDBEY for VS 2005?

The versions of Visual Studio stand for cities/islands in the Northwest that are near to Redmond, WA.
Codenamed - Everett - Visual Studio .NET 2003 - Everett is a city north of Seattle.
Codenamed - Whidbey - Visual Studio 2005 - Whidbey is an island north of Seattle, which is nearer to Everett.
Codenamed - Orcas - Visual Studio 20XX - Orcas is an island in the San Juan group of islands even further north of Seattle.
The next version of Windows (Codenamed - Longhorn) Longhorn is a bar close to Whistler and Blackcomb ski resorts. Check here to know the complete list of the
Microsoft Code Names!!!

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