Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.shell,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: [OT] Dead DEC Punch card times (was Re: Taking Speedy too seriously) Date: 2 Nov 2026 06:47:24 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <11c8mg3$2e89e$2@kst.eternal-september.org> <_ZucnafJTvBFc3r3nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <11c8rq9$1e6t$1@gal.iecc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oRvA54HDEu6CA24GJRKH1AWJpFDBNEKBnbZLony4/coeOMWB06 Cancel-Lock: sha1:gM8xYgpQktF70vvNd/YttPF11AE= sha256:G1scqZU1ih6fdmhWGGdRlOz2eCknVjRKVroSwp+6LVQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:94918 comp.unix.shell:27112 alt.folklore.computers:236292 On Mon, 2 Nov 2026 14:13:06 +0800, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote: > Windows 95 helped, but as far as I understand it, it really was meant > for corporate environments more than the home on the technical side; the > rest was just marketing. Enterprises use NT. It wasn't until Windows XP that the the consumer and business branches were merged. NT 4.0 used the Windows 95 UX but Windows 2000 brought in more features from the consumer lines. I don't think 2000 was marketed in the consumer market. The lucky consumers got Windows Me as a consolation prize since the XP project was moving slowly. NT 4.0 was the last release to be called NT but the numbering scheme was carried on so Windows 11 is NT 10.0 formally. It might have been my machine but NT 4.0 usually greeted my with the BSOD on Monday morning. 2000 was an improvement.