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Janus is a Roman god usually depicted with two faces, here symbolizing the previously separate Windows and MS-DOS products. [ 2] Jastro. —. Windows & MS-DOS 6. Combined bundle of Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 6. Portmanteau of Janus and Astro, the codename of MS-DOS 6. [ 3] Sparta, Winball.
Cairo — Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. Calais — Sun Next generation JavaStation. Calexico — Intel PRO/Wireless 2100B. Calistoga — Intel chipsets for Napa platforms. Calvin — Sun SPARCStation 2. Camaro — AMD Mobile Duron. Cambridge — Fedora Linux 10. Camelot — Sun product family name for Arthur, Excalibur, Morgan.
This is a list of Microsoft written and published operating systems. For the codenames that Microsoft gave their operating systems , see Microsoft codenames . For another list of versions of Microsoft Windows, see, List of Microsoft Windows versions .
A case in point is the first one in the list to be removed – Janus. Seemingly Janus has always been thought of as the codename for Windows 3.1, but this court order from a Caldera vs Microsoft lawsuit would seem to suggest it was nothing more than a packaged bundle of Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5.
A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. The first five versions of Windows– Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1 –were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both ...
Windows Neptune. Neptune was the codename for a version of Microsoft Windows under development in 1999. Based on Windows 2000, it was originally to replace the Windows 9x series [ 3] and was scheduled to be the first home consumer-oriented version of Windows built on Windows NT code. Internally, the project's name was capitalized as N ep T une.
Microsoft Cairo. Cairo was the codename for a project at Microsoft from 1991 to 1996. Its charter was to build technologies for a next-generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates 's vision of "information at your fingertips." [ 1] Cairo never shipped, although portions of its technologies have since appeared in other products.
Amazon often uses code names to refer to its secretive projects. Names include "Veritas," "Project Golden," and the "Gazelle Project." Codenamed projects included the search for a second ...