{"id":5263,"date":"2006-07-06T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/windowsserver\/2006\/07\/06\/other-rejected-longhorn-server-names\/"},"modified":"2021-09-20T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T18:25:37","slug":"other-rejected-longhorn-server-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2006\/07\/06\/other-rejected-longhorn-server-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Rejected Longhorn Server Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a follow-up to <a href=\"\/windowsserver\/2006\/06\/28\/announcement-the-official-name-for-windows-server-longhorn\/\">my last post<\/a> regarding the official name of Windows Server code name &#8220;Longhorn&#8221;, I thought it might be interesting for people to see some other names that have been touted during our brainstorming meetings, but that will never see the light of day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Windows Live Server<br \/>\nWindows Bob 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