Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Visual Studio code names

There are so many different Visual Studio names out there. People talking about VS 2005, Orcas, Rosario, Whidbey. Now I found an article with a list of all the code names. You could read about the status and more in the article.

Here's a list of Microsoft's Visual Studio code names:

  • Whidbey Visual Studio 2005; named after an island in Puget Sound
  • Burton Visual Studio 2005 Team System; named after a snowboard manufacturer
  • Orcas The next major release of Visual Studio; named after one of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest
  • Rosario The next revision of VSTS; named after a resort on Orcas Island
  • Bodie Team Foundation Server SDK (software development kit); named after a lighthouse on Bodie Island, near Nags Head, N.C.
  • Currituck Team Foundation Work Item Tracking; named after a lighthouse on Currituck Beach in Corolla, N.C.
  • Hatteras Team Foundation Version Control; named after the Cape Hatteras lighthouse on Hatteras Island, N.C.
  • Ocracoke Team System Web & Load Testing; named after Ocracoke Island Light on Ocracoke Island, N.C.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.