Re: Windows version numbering
Windows 2000 was a good release as well - as it removed many of the limitations NT4 had compared to 95, as it supported more recent hardware - i.e. USB, laptop power management, DirectX, etc. Many kernel changes came because of that.
That made me want to upvote!
XP had the issue that it didn't support 64 bit systems - XP 64 was a half-backed solution, unlike 2003.
That made me want to downvote.
XP was Windows 2000 + USB2 patch and a resource-hungry toddler ui, for the simple minded audience Windows has always targeted.
XP64 and w2k3 64 were PITA's, driver support, anyone ???
Compare to Linux ....
WoW64 is a mess, 64-bit binaries in %windir%\system32 and 32-bit binaries in %windir%\syswow64, whoever came up with that idea should have been laughed out of the room.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
