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Fedora release name history

Name n and n+1 must share an is-a (not a has-a) relationship, but n and n+2 must not share the same is-a relationship as n and n+1.

Cambridge and Sulphur are both names of cities. It has also special significance since Cambridge was the original code of Red Hat Linux 10 before it became Fedora Core 1. So we are in a way going back in a circle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_City%2C_Indiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur,_Louisiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur_City,_West_Virginia

Sulphur is an element that causes an adverse reaction (tarnishing) when it contacts silver. In mythology, it is a element used to drive away werewolves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver#Silver_compounds
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-December/msg01194.html

Werewolf is the name of a movie about a dude who turns into a werewolf. A werewolf also has an adverse reaction (death) when it comes into contact with silver.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118137/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

General Zod is a character in the DC Comics universe, as well as an independent record label.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Zod
http://www.zodrecords.com/

Bordeaux is a wine-producing region in France, as well as a comic book character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Bordeaux

Andre Stentz is a French winery. As such, both Heidelberg and Stentz are distributors of alcoholic beverages.
http://perso.orange.fr/andre.stentz/

Yarrow is a plant with many uses. Prior to the use of hops in the flavoring of beer, yarrow was used for this purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow

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+== Fedora 10 (Cambridge) ==
+* Cambridge and Sulphur are both names of cities. It has also special significance since Cambridge was the original code of Red Hat Linux 10 before it became Fedora Core 1. So we are in a way going back in a circle.
+* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_City%2C_Indiana
+* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur,_Louisiana
+* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur_City,_West_Virginia
 == Fedora 9 (Sulphur) ==