Windows codename "Blackcomb" in ASCII.jp

[win2leak]

In search, I found one photo that reveals the Windows "Blackcomb" in 2001. Is it true? Because this looks not like others. Original photo has removed in current website. So, I tried to view it in media server of ASCII.jp.

Original Link: http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/322/322988/
Photo Link: http://ascii24.ascii.jp/2001/05/10/imag ... 645385.jpg

[AlphaBeta]

Yes, that was the initial plan for Blackcomb to succeed Whistler. Then they decided they'd release Longhorn as an interim release between the two. Eventually, Longhorn ended up taking over the entire feature set planned for Blackcomb, which then only continued to exist on paper until getting canceled.

Raymond Chen has a nice blog post on this topic, also explaining why Blackcomb totally wasn't Windows 7 at all: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewth ... /?p=102724

[Alphis]

i always named it vienna, that was a supposed codename wasn't it

[AlphaBeta]

i always named it vienna, that was a supposed codename wasn't it

That appears to have been just one of the countless rumors at the time. The reports were all based on a single comment under a Channel 9 video by an evangelist blogger.

So yeah, that probably wasn't a thing either.

[johndoe123]

For a second, I actually thought a screenshot of Blackcomb leaked.