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Date:      29 Jun 2001 23:43:25 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Win2k a rewrite or not???
Message-ID:  <xzpithfuflu.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20010629143124.B60314@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
References:  <20010629143124.B60314@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes:
> I've heard win2k was a near total re-write of the codebase, and i've heard
> it is just a relabeled, reworked NT would-have-been 5.0.  Does anybody know
> the truth on this?

I think it's somewhere in between.  As I understand the matter, it's
what would have been NT 5.0 (but was renamed to merge the Windows 9x
and Windows NT product lines), but it has been extensively overhauled
and rewritten.  I may be wrong, though.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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