Codename Blackcomb was internal codename first talked about in 2001 I think. It would be the succesor of Windows XP and .NET server (codename Whistler). Later Microsoft decided to create a small in between version of Windows codename Longhorn. Longhorn is a bar in the Whistler ski-resort between the mountains Whister and Blackcomb.
Well we know Longhorn turned out to be a major Windows release, which is over 5 years of development. Blackcomb is still the next major release of Windows after Longhorn (Vista) but first Longhorn "R2" Windows editions will be released.
Anyway, on the Channel 9 forum, Robert Scoble comments that the codename Blackcomb is changed to "Vienna"
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Codename Blackcomb changed to Vienna?
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, Jan 19 2006 06:31 PM
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Posted 19 January 2006 - 06:31 PM
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Posted 19 January 2006 - 06:49 PM
I thought Vista was the successor of xp? 
EDIT: nvm, did some research, I know what it is now.
EDIT: nvm, did some research, I know what it is now.
Edited by RedInferno, 19 January 2006 - 06:50 PM.
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Posted 19 January 2006 - 08:09 PM
that's dumb I like Blackcombe a lot better.
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Posted 19 January 2006 - 11:25 PM
Yeah, Vienna sounds stupid.
Blackcomb sounds...well black and sleek.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING BILL!?!?!?!
Blackcomb sounds...well black and sleek.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING BILL!?!?!?!
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Posted 19 January 2006 - 11:25 PM
Black and Sleek = a Happier ShadowFox 
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 01:23 PM
hehe, yeah.
I remember a lot of Blackcomb themes and fake stuff floating around for a while, way back when Vista was Longhorn
Someone fetch me my pipe and slippers.
I remember a lot of Blackcomb themes and fake stuff floating around for a while, way back when Vista was Longhorn
Someone fetch me my pipe and slippers.
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 01:51 PM
Time to redo my "Blackcomb" them gotta change it to vienna...BIll, what a dumbass.
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 02:59 PM
Still only a code name and a long time away, no telling what the final name will be.
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 03:06 PM
yeah I know, but saying the word Vienna is going to get old for the next 5 years XD
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 03:17 PM
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Posted 21 January 2006 - 06:44 PM
Well, that's good to know...blackcomb sounds so 1337.
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 04:02 PM
hehe you have no clue red, blackcomb is going to pwn
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Posted 23 January 2006 - 01:29 AM
Might be an attempt by Microsoft to confuse us about the final product's name. They do that with movies, why not with international software releases?
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Posted 23 January 2006 - 03:36 AM
i think vienna is cool sounding. sophisticated, sweet, euro sexy. makes me hungry though (sausages)...
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Posted 23 January 2006 - 04:20 AM
euro sexy = not so sexy LOL blackcomb = some kind of erotic sexy actress
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