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Rocco Augusto
09-21-2006, 12:07 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2006/09/19/763146.aspx' target='_blank'>http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2006/09/19/763146.aspx</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>I've been asked why we used the name "Yamazaki" as a codename for CE 6.0 - There's some history behind the naming of Windows CE versions, here's the short version... Before the Windows CE product was released we had an internal set of tools known as the <b>O</b>em <b>A</b>daptation <b>K</b>it also known as the OAK - an OAK of course is a type of tree... Interestingly, at Windows CE 4.0 the o/s team and tools teams merged together to form a new, combined team - the codenames for the operating system and tools also changed at this time from trees/tools to &lt;drumroll>Whiskeys&lt;/drumroll> - so the codenames for Windows CE 4.0 onwards are as follows...</i>"<br /><br />I found this kind of interesting. I had no idea the first set of tools were named after trees and tools to cut those trees down. Also, it just makes perfect sense to move on from trees to whiskey. I mean, who doesn't love whiskey? ;)

Mike Temporale
09-21-2006, 01:49 AM
:D I always enjoy hearing where code names originate from. Does everyone sit around the table and brain storm for an hour about different themes for codenames? If so, I would love to hear some of the ones that didn't make it. 8)