Longhorn was the early codename for the operating system software developed by Microsoft that later was sold commercially as Microsoft Windows Vista (released early 2007 to the public). It follows the long held tradition by Microsoft developers to name their pre-release development operating systems after popular ski resorts that Microsoft employees frequent. The next Microsoft server operating system (after Windows Server 2003) was also sometimes referred to as Longhorn server.

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