Today, in addition to launching Windows Vista Beta 1, Microsoft also has announced the final names
for several key technologies which they have been talking about for several
years. A new presentation layer technology, code-named “Avalon”, is now
officially known as Windows Presentation Foundation. The
new communications layer technology, code-named"Indigo", is now officially
known as Windows Communication Foundation.
In related news, Notepad.exe will be called WindowsTextEditingFoundation.exe
in Windows Vistaβ¦