"If you’ve ever wondered what product managers are drinking when they concoct those obscure product code names, consider that Longhorn, the version of Windows due in 2005, is named after a bar. A little history: Windows XP was code-named Whistler, after a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. A far-future version of the Microsoft desktop OS is called Blackcomb, also a B.C. ski spot. Just as the Longhorn Saloon and Grill sits between these two mountains, Microsoft’s Longhorn will ship between Whistler and Blackcomb. Joey Gibbons, Longhorn Saloon general manager, confirms that the bar — a popular watering hole for moguling Micosofties — uses Windows XP. “But we’ll have to upgrade to Longhorn when it comes out,” he said." March 2004 issue of PC World.

Pssst, Apple arbeitet an Winnetou und Ole Shatterhand.