Wasn’t Vista “Mojave”?

> On Aug 1, 2024, at 16:07, Michael Huff via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> 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
> [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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