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===Windows 3.x and 9x=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- !Codename Edge !Preliminary name Edge !Final name Edge !Notes !Ref |- |Janus |{{N/a}} |Windows & MS-DOS 5 |Combined bundle of [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.1]] and [[MS-DOS 5]]. [[Janus]] is a Roman god usually depicted with two faces, here symbolizing the previously separate Windows and MS-DOS products. |<ref>Comes v Microsoft. [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/TP011907.txt Transcript of Proceedings, Volume XXXIV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113020844/http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/TP011907.txt |date=2021-01-13 }}</ref> |- |Jastro |{{N/a}} |Windows & MS-DOS 6 |Combined bundle of [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.1]] and [[MS-DOS 6]]. [[Portmanteau]] of Janus and Astro, the codename of MS-DOS 6. |<ref>Comes v Microsoft. [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/assets/attachments/2_6_07_Schulman_Deposition.pdf Deposition of Andrew Schulman, Volume 2]</ref> |- |[[Windows for Workgroups 3.1|Sparta, Winball]] |Windows 3.1 Plus |[[Windows for Workgroups 3.1]] |Windows 3.1 ([[16-bit]]) with enhanced networking; designed to work particularly well as a client with the new [[Windows NT]]. |<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 |title=Windows to boost data sharing |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |date=May 18, 1992 |first=Stuart |last=Johnston |volume=14 |issue=20 |page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2 |title=Early users detail features of Windows pack |journal=[[Network World]] |date=April 27, 1992 |first=Margie |last=Wylie |volume=9 |issue=17 |page=2}}</ref> |- |[[Windows for Workgroups 3.11|Snowball]] |{{N/a}} |[[Windows for Workgroups 3.11]] |An updated version of Windows for Workgroups 3.1, which introduces [[32-bit file access]] and network improvements. It also removes the Standard Mode, effectively dropping support for 16-bit x86 processors. |<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Reworking Windows for Workgroups |journal=[[Network World]] |date=July 19, 1993 |first=Frederic |last=Paul |volume=10 |issue=29 |page=4}}</ref> |- |[[Windows 95|Chicago]] |Windows 4.0, Windows 93, Windows 94 |[[Windows 95]] |For codenames of some of the internal components of Windows 95, see "Jaguar", "Cougar", "Panther" and "Stimpy" under {{section link||OS components}} |<ref name="Windows 95-related">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nToEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 |title=Delay of Windows 95 spells relief for many developers |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |date=January 9, 1995 |first=Ilan |last=Greenberg |volume=17 |issue=2 |page=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iowa.gotthefacts.org/011607/5000/PX05516.pdf |title=Chicago Feature Specification |date=1992-09-30 |access-date=2010-03-02 |archive-date=2017-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628110747/http://iowa.gotthefacts.org/011607/5000/PX05516.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Detroit |{{N/A}} |USB Supplement to Windows 95 OSR2 |Named after [[Detroit, Michigan]]. A writer for [[Maximum PC]] suggested that "Detroit" and other Windows 95-era names were answers to the question posed by Microsoft's "[[Where do you want to go today?]]" marketing campaign. |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/microsoft_unveils_official_name_windows_7 |title=Microsoft Unveils the Official Name for "Windows 7" |first=Mark Edward |last=Soper |date=October 14, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-23 |work=Maximum PC |publisher=Future US |archive-date=2015-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419030040/http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/microsoft_unveils_official_name_windows_7 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[Windows Nashville|Nashville]] |Windows 96 |{{Dropped}} |Named after [[Nashville]]. Cancelled upgrade for Windows 95; sometimes referred to in the press as ''Windows 96''. Codename was reused for [[Internet Explorer 4.0]] and [[Windows Desktop Update]] which incorporated many of the technologies planned for Nashville. |<ref>Comes v. Microsoft. [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03208.pdf Plaintiff's Exhibit 3208] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204155711/http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03208.pdf |date=2008-12-04 }}: "Desktop Operating Systems Mission Memo". Microsoft Confidential.</ref><ref>Comes v. Microsoft. [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_5735.pdf Plaintiff's Exhibit 5735] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908072344/http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_5735.pdf |date=2008-09-08 }}. Microsoft Confidential (October 25, 1995).</ref> |- |[[Windows 98|Memphis]] |Windows 97 |[[Windows 98]] |{{N/A}} |<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/memphis-windows-98-.aspx |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120919025146/http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/memphis-windows-98-.aspx |url-status = dead |archive-date = 19 September 2012 |title = Memphis: Windows 98? |work = Windows IT Pro |publisher = Penton Media, Inc. |date = 6 June 1997 |access-date = 16 December 2010 |first1 = Paul |last1 = Thurrott |author-link1 = Paul Thurrott }}</ref><ref>United States v. Microsoft Corporation. [https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/atr/legacy/2006/03/03/202.pdf Government Exhibit 202] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126212257/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/atr/legacy/2006/03/03/202.pdf |date=2022-01-26 }}: "C. Wildfeuer message re 'Memphis IE 4 focus groups report'"</ref> |- |[[Windows Me|Millennium]] |{{N/a}} |[[Windows Me]] |''ME'' stands for ''Millennium Edition''; Microsoft states that it is pronounced ''Me''. |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-names-new-consumer-OS-Windows-Me/2100-1040_3-236499.html |title=Microsoft names new consumer OS: Windows Me |work=[[CNET.com]] |first=Stephanie |last=Miles |date=February 3, 2000 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=June 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617100519/http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-names-new-consumer-OS-Windows-Me/2100-1040_3-236499.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
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