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| From | Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.computer.workshop |
| Subject | Re: Microsoft end of support dates |
| Date | 2020-07-11 15:09 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <hmurksFbqurU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 7/11/20 1:54 PM, Joel wrote: > Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote: > >>> 2000 and XP, and Server 2003, were built on the NT 4 code, but they >>> intended 2000 to be the first unified version for business and home >>> use, and even when it wasn't, it would be supported long after 9x/Me, >>> and with service packs was more or less equivalent to XP, so it made >>> sense to name it 2000. >> >> I think that is more to the point than just marketing... they wanted >> 2000 to be more than it was. > > > That was the plan, yeah, but there were issues with running DOS games, > drivers, etc., that made them realize that they hadn't yet achieved > what XP ultimately became. They had to release 2000 as kind of an > interim version. But the second service pack for 2000, released > around the same time as XP, corrected that. I got a custom built > computer a couple months after the release of 2000 with it > preinstalled, and it was wonderful, coming from Win98. The new > machine was faster and had more RAM, sure, but the difference in terms > of using it was that I was running a "real" OS. > If I recall correctly XP had interface differences I think served the public better -- and in the end I was happy with it. But the whole naming convention thing was just weird. I knew consumers who wanted to go with 2000 because they assumed it was the consumer product. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
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