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Vista != Longhorn. Vista was a total do-over after it became clear that Longhorn was never going to ship.

duaneb 10y ago
No, Longhorn is the codename for Vista; it was Blackcomb (that eventually became Windows 7) that was the original goal that was punted.
- aaronbrethorst 10y ago
  Yes. The website we're looking at refers to Longhorn, a defunct operating system project that was canceled by Microsoft and replaced by a new project with an identical codename.
NeutronBoy 10y ago
In the first few paragraphs of the article it mentions > The project, however, failed completely and development had to reset. More than three years late Microsoft released Windows Code Name 'Longhorn' as Windows Vista. Is this incorrect, or not the full story? edit: less confrontational
- blowski 10y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."
- aaronbrethorst 10y ago
  > Did you even read the first few paragraphs of the page? I did. I also worked at Microsoft during the years in question. edit in response to your edit: The project was restarted. Longhorn and its three pillars were essentially thrown out. Windows Vista was rebuilt from scratch on top of Windows Server 2003. I assume they chose to keep the same codename so as to reduce confusion. But that doesn't mean it was the same OS. Hopefully this Wikipedia article answers the rest of your questions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_Vista#Mid-2004_to_Mid-2005:_Development_.22reset.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_Vista#M... edit 2: here's another article: It was decided, at least for now, to drop or modify many of the original objectives; no more using C#, abandon WinFS, and revise Avalon. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2012/08/microsoft-lo...

No, Longhorn is the codename for Vista; it was Blackcomb (that eventually became Windows 7) that was the original goal that was punted.

aaronbrethorst 10y ago
Yes. The website we're looking at refers to Longhorn, a defunct operating system project that was canceled by Microsoft and replaced by a new project with an identical codename.

NeutronBoy 10y ago

In the first few paragraphs of the article it mentions > The project, however, failed completely and development had to reset. More than three years late Microsoft released Windows Code Name 'Longhorn' as Windows Vista. Is this incorrect, or not the full story? edit: less confrontational

blowski 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."
aaronbrethorst 10y ago
> Did you even read the first few paragraphs of the page? I did. I also worked at Microsoft during the years in question. edit in response to your edit: The project was restarted. Longhorn and its three pillars were essentially thrown out. Windows Vista was rebuilt from scratch on top of Windows Server 2003. I assume they chose to keep the same codename so as to reduce confusion. But that doesn't mean it was the same OS. Hopefully this Wikipedia article answers the rest of your questions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_Vista#Mid-2004_to_Mid-2005:_Development_.22reset.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_Vista#M... edit 2: here's another article: It was decided, at least for now, to drop or modify many of the original objectives; no more using C#, abandon WinFS, and revise Avalon. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2012/08/microsoft-lo...