On Friday 08 February 2008 07:13:31 pm Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Curious, at lot of the naming internals in NT3/NT4 were very close to those in VAX/VMS ....
There was no NT-3
Hold on... There was an NT 3.1, which was the first "version" of NT. They wanted it to match the version number of Windows. I had a copy of this on six (IIRC) 5.25" floppies and it ran like a dog on my DX/25.
Windows 3.x consisted of Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups (3.11), and Windows 95 and 98 (aka Windows 32x)
Not quite. Windows 3.1 and 3.11 were shell programs running over DOS. Win95/98/Me were shell extensions running integrated with DOS and took over. But in general, you're correct on the Windows 3.x line.
Windows NT is Windows 4.0
"Windows 4.0" was never released. It became Windows 95. Windows NT 4.0 was released as NT 4.0 (1996).
Windows 2000 is Windows 5.0
This was NT 5.0, released in '99. There never was a "Windows 5.0", per se. The distinction is necessary, as the "Windows" and the "NT" lines hadn't merged yet.
Windows XP is Windows 6.0
Nope - 5.1. 5.1.2600, to be exact. This was where the NT line and the DOS/Win line merged. There really wasn't much to XP (prior to SP2) that made it more than a point increase from Win2k, other than the dumbing down of the interface and the goofy UI. It is also the reason I eventually ended up running openSUSE on my laptops and desktops. At this time, I realized Windows was not going to allow for users to run in anything but administrator mode without some serious tweaking and work. I began with Mandrake and eventually moved up to SUSE 9.1 right about this time. I haven't looked back once.
Windows Vista is Windows 7.0
Actually, it is listed as "Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]" I don't mean to come off as nit-picky, but it bears correct understanding to see where Microshaft has tried to take the computer users of the world. It also allows us Linux users to see where openSUSE should and (maybe) should not go in the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org