Windows NT Turns 20

Posted by timothy on Friday July 26, 2013 @11:30AM from the in-many-ways-it-never-really-went-away dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a link to the observation from ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley of Windows NT's 20th birthday (it came out on July 27th, 1993): ""In 1993, Microsoft launched Windows NT 3.1. It was followed up by NT 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0. Microsoft's Windows releases still rely on NT-inspired numbering conventions. Windows 7's build numbers commenced with 6.1; Windows 8's with 6.2; and Windows 8.1 with 6.3." The article also reminds us that "NT's not ancient history, in spite of its age. The NT 'core' is what's inside Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Phone 8, Windows Azure and the Xbox One.""

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Here's to Kernels by lobiusmoop · 2013-07-26 11:47 · Score: 4, Funny

The Linux kernel would have bought it a beer, but it hasn't turned 21 yet.

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Re:Lesson One by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-26 12:00 · Score: 4, Funny

How's that post you wrote criticizing the post above you these days? I bet you don't think it's so easy to criticize oth-- oh, wait.