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."
