Was 2000 called “Longhorn” internally? If so, the source code for it escaped out onto the internet. You can still find it out there.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2024, at 13:28, John Herron via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Amazing detail and story (feel bad snipping out). > > I remember some rumor about either NT or 2000 and a claim that Microsoft > lost the source code, hence no more versions (maybe it was win 2000 since > only 2 service packs?). Does anyone know if that was just Internet rumor of > the times or was that factual? > > I felt that was part of the change of the OS going forward and being more > of a hybrid of 98/NT which as others said, was a win for gaming and > graphics support. > > A friend used to try to play games on NT 4.0, mostly either Warcraft and I > think panzer general but I recall getting sound drivers to work was a > chore. My friend base and i stuck with 98se for a long time but eventually > migrated to either 2000 or XP but I honestly can't remember which we used > longer. I know (before windows 2000), we all uninstalled windows ME and > went back to 98se but that was due to performance issues with ME. > > >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 8:53 AM cz via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> Pretty much, though Windows2000 was a significant redesign over NT4. >> >> >>
