Flex and Flex Builder Codename History
This is history according to Ted Patrick and shared at the keynote at 360Flex in Seattle.
Lego
Mindstorms
Lliad
Odyssey
Royale
Monk
Zorn
Mistral
Zaphod
Moxie
2000 to 2007
2000 – Developer Paradigm for SWF (Lego, Mindstorms)
2001 – SVG/XML to SWF (lliad Odyssey)
2002 – “Royale” begins (Flex 1.0)
2003 – Matt and Deepa join team
2004 – Flex 1.0 arrives (J2EE Server)
2004 – David and George Comninos join “Monk” – Flex Builder start
2004 – Flex 1.5 arrives (J2EE Server)
2005 – Flex 2.0 Alpha at MAX
2006 – Flex 2.0 arrives (SDK + Builder + Data Services)
(note the references to the team members of Matt, Deepa, David, and George i think was because they were at the conference. There are many other great devs that have been part of Flex for quite a while.)