OK. RE: "Lonhome" (lol)....
First, "Longhorn" is Microsoft''s internal code name for the OS in its development stage, just as "Whistler" was the internal code name for what was eventually released as "Windows XP." (Or "Chicago" was the code name for what became Windows 95.)
Second, if Paul Thurrott''s account is accurate "Longhorn" has nothing to do with Texas: the name comes from a bar in a ski area in British Columbia (not part of the USA). So blame Canada.
"Q: What''s up with the name Longhorn?
A: As I first revealed, the Longhorn name wasn''t chosen randomly. Remember that Windows XP was code-named Whistler and the next version of Windows, at the time, was code-named Blackcomb. Both of these names come from ski areas in British Columbia, close to Microsoft''s headquarters. At the foot of Whistler Mountain, there is a saloon named Longhorn that serves the local skiing population. So if you''re ever in the area and want to take in some local color, Longhorn is a nice stop… after you''re done with Whistler."
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp
(This is the sort of thing that happens when a thread starter is off topic in his own thread...
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