Comments on: Flex and Flash Player Codenames (better late then never)

By: Renaun Erickson

Renaun Erickson — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Mark that is a little bit of information that makes developing all the more fun. Now I have a story to tell when people ask about the new Flash Player 9.

And last, where can I get a ZMZ t-shirt?

By: Mark Anders

Mark Anders — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Zaphod was indeed picked because of the “2 heads” of the character reflecting the 2 VM’s that can control Player 9. I also seem to remember that the name was chosen around the time that the movie came out, which all the teams went to, so it was a current topic. Finally, you listed the codenames as ZZM. Internally, we always ordered it ZMZ and in fact had tee shirts made up with that acronym.

By: Jens

Jens — Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Zorn could be the Swedish painter?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Zorn

By: Renaun Erickson

Renaun Erickson — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Good point about the 2 heads. I was kind of thinking something similiar as it is a big departure from the old flash player and on to the new. A dual ego too? The charactor Zaphod in the movie is quite weird at best.

By: Pavel Simek

Pavel Simek — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Zaphod Beeblebrox has two heads, as far as I can remember… does it mean AVM1 and AVM2? :)

By: Renaun Erickson

Renaun Erickson — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the info, John Zorn it is!

By: AmG

AmG — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Mike Chambers confirmed earlier in a comment that Zorn is actually a reference to the musician John Zorn, one of the “last names” entries in Wikipedia: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/06/macromedia_ecli.html

Minus 1 point for France. ;)