Interesting on the Blackcomb reference....hadn't heard that one. I knew
before that NT4 was "Cairo," Win95 was "Chicago," and Win98 was "Memphis."

Funny as hell is this page I googled for:

http://www.bitzenbytes.com/101/r119-wcn.htm

...notice any prominent cat names in the list?

Lincoln

On 10/29/03 8:46 AM, "Mac Duff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Naming products while in development is nothing new and not exclusive to
> Apple. Microsoft names all of its beta versions of Windows after Canadian
> Rocky mountains: "Whistler", "Blackcomb", er... "Longhorn"??!
> 
> Apple has just chosen to market them with this "predator cat" image.


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