Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Codename Nostalgia: Help Me Reminisce
I'm looking for Allaire/Macromedia codenames and their corresponding products past and present. We're putting together a list of team names for a geek treasure hunt so I figured team names based on old codenames might be fun. I've started the ball rolling but I need more.
Prolly not a great idea to be shouting out future product codenames :) Please correct me where wrong -- there are so many its a blur.
- Blackstone (CF7 -- too easy)
- RedSky (CF6.1)
- Neo (CF6.0)
- Nozomi (JRUN 4.0)
- Trinity (CF/JRun/FlashRemoting combo)
- Greylock (an object store considered during the evolution of CFCs in CFMX)
- Elvis was to be CFMX 7 before RedSky
- Pharoah (CF/JRUN combine project that became Trinity/Neo)
- Nirvana (Spectra 2.0)
- Dharma (Spectra 1.5)
- Defender (Spectra 1.0)
- Salsa (Flash Remoting 1.0)
- Matador (Flash MX 2004)
- Toreador (Flash MX Professional 2004)
- Flash 6 (Flash MX, little-known trivia, there was no codename for Flash MX)
- Gromit (Flash 5)
- Kaiwa (Flash Comms 1.5)
- TinCan (Flash Comms 1.0)
- Harvest (CF Management/Ops console)
- Royale (Flex)
- Brady (Flex Builder)
- Illiad and Odyssey and RedHouse were on the road to Royale (Flex)
- Northshore (Captivate)
- Gemini (Central 1.5)
- Tron (B2B integration server, never came to fruition)
- Tron (also a codename for Macromedia Director pre-Allaire)
- Harpoon (a set of Flash based controls)
UPDATE
Thanks to my numerous commenters plus Libby, MikeD and Mark for additional in sight :)
UPDATE2
There were lots more 80's arcade names from the days of Jer Allaire, I just can't remember them. Rob reminded with his comment on Defender!
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Royale (Flex)
Brady (Flex Builder)
-joe
Posted by: Joe Rinehart on February 9, 2005 10:30 AM
Here are some, mostly on the obscure side, and without cleartext names just to make things more fun... ;-)
Dylan. Bobalu. Trout. The Engine. Keygrip. Nyquist. Whirlwind. Codename.
(Okay, that last one never really existed, I just always wished there was a codename named "codename".... ;-)
jd
Posted by: John Dowdell on February 9, 2005 10:42 AM
maelstrom (flash player 8)
8-ball (flash 8 ide)
Posted by: ethan on February 9, 2005 10:48 AM
oh yeah...northshore (captivate)
Posted by: ethan on February 9, 2005 10:51 AM
- Nozomi was JRun4
- Trinity was CF/JRun/FlashRemoting combo
- Greylock became CFCs in CFMX
- Elvis was to be CFMX 7 before RedSky
- Illiad and Odyssey and RedHouse were on the road to Royale (Flex)
Posted by: Anon on February 9, 2005 10:59 AM
Gemini (Central 1.5)
Posted by: Oscar Trelles on February 9, 2005 03:23 PM
There was also "Tron", which was supposed to be a B2B integration server Allaire was working on, and demod at one of the developer conferences, but the project never survived the early stages.
Posted by: Rob Brooks-Bilson on February 10, 2005 01:08 AM
There was also "Defender", which I believe was Spectra.
Posted by: Rob Brooks-Bilson on February 10, 2005 01:13 AM
Oh, and don't forget Harpoon - a set of Flash based controls for CF that Allaire had Fig Leaf working on for them, and later released.
Posted by: Rob Brooks-Bilson on February 10, 2005 01:14 AM
Wasn't Dylan the beta of the new Macromedia website design? I seem to remember a story about it having to do with the first year Bob Dylan picked up electric guitar.
Also, I didn't realize GreyLock became CFC's, I thought that was specifically functions for Content Management Solutions.
Posted by: Randy Drisgill on February 10, 2005 01:49 AM
Randy nailed Dylan.
"Tron" was also the codename for a version of Macromedia Director, before the Allaire merger. A two-fer...?
"Iliad" and "Odyssey" are 'way obscure... I don't recall those names ever going public. (They were used for projects in the exploratory stage... I recall a name was reused after a re-shift, but I don't think these ever escaped the lab.)
Posted by: John Dowdell on February 10, 2005 07:28 AM
Royale (Flex)
Brady (Flex Builder)
-joe
Posted by: Joe Rinehart on February 9, 2005 10:30 AM
Here are some, mostly on the obscure side, and without cleartext names just to make things more fun... ;-)
Dylan. Bobalu. Trout. The Engine. Keygrip. Nyquist. Whirlwind. Codename.
(Okay, that last one never really existed, I just always wished there was a codename named "codename".... ;-)
jd
Posted by: John Dowdell on February 9, 2005 10:42 AM
maelstrom (flash player 8)
8-ball (flash 8 ide)
Posted by: ethan on February 9, 2005 10:48 AM
oh yeah...northshore (captivate)
Posted by: ethan on February 9, 2005 10:51 AM
- Nozomi was JRun4
- Trinity was CF/JRun/FlashRemoting combo
- Greylock became CFCs in CFMX
- Elvis was to be CFMX 7 before RedSky
- Illiad and Odyssey and RedHouse were on the road to Royale (Flex)
Posted by: Anon on February 9, 2005 10:59 AM
Gemini (Central 1.5)
Posted by: Oscar Trelles on February 9, 2005 03:23 PM
There was also "Tron", which was supposed to be a B2B integration server Allaire was working on, and demod at one of the developer conferences, but the project never survived the early stages.
Posted by: Rob Brooks-Bilson on February 10, 2005 01:08 AM
There was also "Defender", which I believe was Spectra.
Posted by: Rob Brooks-Bilson on February 10, 2005 01:13 AM
Oh, and don't forget Harpoon - a set of Flash based controls for CF that Allaire had Fig Leaf working on for them, and later released.
Posted by: Rob Brooks-Bilson on February 10, 2005 01:14 AM
Wasn't Dylan the beta of the new Macromedia website design? I seem to remember a story about it having to do with the first year Bob Dylan picked up electric guitar.
Also, I didn't realize GreyLock became CFC's, I thought that was specifically functions for Content Management Solutions.
Posted by: Randy Drisgill on February 10, 2005 01:49 AM
Randy nailed Dylan.
"Tron" was also the codename for a version of Macromedia Director, before the Allaire merger. A two-fer...?
"Iliad" and "Odyssey" are 'way obscure... I don't recall those names ever going public. (They were used for projects in the exploratory stage... I recall a name was reused after a re-shift, but I don't think these ever escaped the lab.)
Posted by: John Dowdell on February 10, 2005 07:28 AM