Windows Neptune
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Windows Neptune is a version of Microsoft Windows that was in development from early 1999 to early 2000. The goal was to develop a home user operating system from the same sources as the NT-based Windows 2000 that was developed for business users, replacing the older DOS-based Windows 9x home user operating systems. However after the release of Windows 2000, the Neptune team was combined with the Windows 2000 team to work on the "Whistler" project that was released in late 2001 as Windows XP,[1] and Microsoft released another home user DOS-based operating system called Windows Me.[2]
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[edit] Features
Some of the changes introduced in the Neptune build, such as a rudimentary firewall for Internet and network connections, were later integrated into Windows XP as the Internet Connection Firewall, later renamed the Windows Firewall.
Two circulated builds of Neptune are known to exist - build 5000 (leaked to very few people), and build 5111, which, although it makes up most of the existing Neptune copies, still is not very common.
[edit] Build numbers
Windows Neptune alpha release had the build number 5111 because, although it wasn't Windows 9x/DOS-based, it was a successor to the 9x line. It continued the 9x build numbers and did not follow the build numbers for the Windows NT-based operating systems; for example, Windows 2000, released 2 months after the Neptune alpha release, was build number 2195. Windows Vista Beta 1 was assigned build number 5112 in July 2005, surpassing the 9x line.
[edit] References
- ^ Christopher Jones (April 2002). Written Direct Testimony of Christopher Jones. State of New York v. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved on 2006-01-07.
- ^ Paul Thurrott. Windows Millennium Edition ("Windows Me") FAQ. Windows SuperSite. Retrieved on 2006-01-07.
[edit] External link
- Neptune: The Windows that wasn't on Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows.
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| MS-DOS/9x-based | 1.0 · 2.0 · 2.1x · 3.0 · 3.1x · 95 · 98 · Me |
| NT-based | NT 3.1 · NT 3.5 · NT 3.51 · NT 4.0 · 2000 · XP · Server 2003 · Fundamentals for Legacy PCs · Vista · Home Server |
| CE-based | CE 1.0 · CE 2.0 · CE 3.0 · CE 4.0 · CE 5.0 · CE 6.0 · Mobile |
| Upcoming | Server 2008 · 7 |
| Cancelled projects | Neptune · Odyssey · Nashville · Cairo |
| Other projects | OS/2 |
