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Is it a derivative? I'd say it's the latest version of Windows NT.

badgersnake 2y ago
It’s the same codebase that was my point. Whether it’s still called Windows NT or whether that name died in the 90s can probably be argued either way.
- lizknope 2y ago
  I think XP is when the DOS based Win95/98/ME was merged with NT
  - mewse-hn 2y ago
    The Win95 line wasn't really merged, more discontinued. XP had improved DOS/legacy compatibility vs win2000 but not much.
  - Dwedit 2y ago
    It was never merged. The DOS-based Windows series was just replaced. Windows 2000 could have just as easily been the OS that replaced the DOS-based Windows series, it was user-friendly and functional enough.
- nullindividual 2y ago
  The marketing and front-facing name clearly died. The internal name did not.
- sedatk 2y ago
  NT is still the name of the kernel. (ntoskrnl.exe)
  - mycall 2y ago
    I wonder if that is still true for Azure OS.
    - pjmlp 2y ago
      Kind of, https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-os-platform-blog/azure-host-os-cloud-host/ba-p/3709528 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-os-platform-b... However plenty of Azure infrastructure uses Linux as well, https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sonic-the-networking-switch-software-that-powers-the-microsoft-global-cloud/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sonic-the-networking-...
- marshray 2y ago
  Much of that pre-2000 code remains. But so much more has been added in the last 1/4 century that "the same codebase" is somewhat a matter of perspective.
pndy 2y ago
That's still the same NT line tho they changed how versions are called after Windows 8.1 which was NT 6.3. Initial Windows 10 release was bumped to NT 10.0 but further versions use year-month and year-half year formats [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_vers...
- Kwpolska 2y ago
  The kernel version number stopped having any meaning in 2000.

It’s the same codebase that was my point. Whether it’s still called Windows NT or whether that name died in the 90s can probably be argued either way.

lizknope 2y ago
I think XP is when the DOS based Win95/98/ME was merged with NT
- mewse-hn 2y ago
  The Win95 line wasn't really merged, more discontinued. XP had improved DOS/legacy compatibility vs win2000 but not much.
- Dwedit 2y ago
  It was never merged. The DOS-based Windows series was just replaced. Windows 2000 could have just as easily been the OS that replaced the DOS-based Windows series, it was user-friendly and functional enough.
nullindividual 2y ago
The marketing and front-facing name clearly died. The internal name did not.
sedatk 2y ago
NT is still the name of the kernel. (ntoskrnl.exe)
- mycall 2y ago
  I wonder if that is still true for Azure OS.
  - pjmlp 2y ago
    Kind of, https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-os-platform-blog/azure-host-os-cloud-host/ba-p/3709528 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-os-platform-b... However plenty of Azure infrastructure uses Linux as well, https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sonic-the-networking-switch-software-that-powers-the-microsoft-global-cloud/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sonic-the-networking-...
marshray 2y ago
Much of that pre-2000 code remains. But so much more has been added in the last 1/4 century that "the same codebase" is somewhat a matter of perspective.

pndy 2y ago

That's still the same NT line tho they changed how versions are called after Windows 8.1 which was NT 6.3. Initial Windows 10 release was bumped to NT 10.0 but further versions use year-month and year-half year formats [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_vers...

Kwpolska 2y ago
The kernel version number stopped having any meaning in 2000.