On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 15:06 -0800, Michael Huff via cctalk wrote:
> 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

I remember a columnist in Computerworld or PC Week or some other 1990's
trade rag (Spencer Katt?) remarking that "Using Windows NT is like
having a child help you."

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