{"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":"

As a follow-up to my last post<\/a> regarding the official name of Windows Server code name “Longhorn”, 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…<\/p>\n

Windows Live Server
\nWindows Bob Server
\nWindows Server, Millennium Edition
\nWindows Server, Server Edition
\nWindows Server, Bill Gates Commemorative Edition
\nWindows Server 2003 R3
\nWindows Server 2525
\nWindows Server 6.0: The Undiscovered Country
\nWindows Server 6.0: City Under Siege
\nWindows \u201cAny Team But England\u201d Server, World Cup Edition
\nAmerica\u2019s Next Top Server
\nI Can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Windows Server
\nI Just Saved a Bunch of Money on My Windows Server
\nIf I Said You Had a Windows Server Would You Hold It Against Me?<\/p>\n

Who said marketing isn’t fun…?<\/p>\n

David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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