I'm pretty sure it was Vista that was codenamed 'Longhorn', wasn't it?
4chan leaked a bunch of code to 2000/XP with a spattering of NT 3.5 (rumour
goes)[1]. Then Microsoft apparently painted themselves into a corner making
Vista and reset the whole thing based on 2003's code base.

[1]
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/working-windows-xp-source-code-posted-to-4chan-update
[2]
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/testers-dig-up-an-early-2003-era-version-of-windows-vistas-aero-theme/

On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 12:32 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

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