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| Microsoft Odyssey | |
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| Part of the Microsoft Windows family | |
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| Microsoft | |
| Website | http://www.microsoft.com |
| Releases | |
| Preview version | 6.00.xxxx (Unknown)[citation needed] |
| Source model | Shared source[citation needed] |
| License | Microsoft EULA |
| Kernel type | Windows NT |
| Support status | |
| Not supported | |
Windows Odyssey was a codename for a version of Microsoft Windows that was in development from early 1999 to early 2000. The goal of Windows Odyssey was to develop a successor to the NT-based Windows 2000 that was developed for business users. Its version was to be NT 6.0,[1].
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Scope of the project
The project was planned to be released as the successor to Windows Neptune, the first Windows NT versions to have a consumer edition as well. The version of the project was 6.0.
The version number "NT 6.0", but not the name, was later recycled for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. There were some publicly leaked builds of Neptune but Odyssey was never leaked. However, after the release of Windows 2000, the Neptune and Odyssey teams were combined with the Windows 2000 team to work on the Whistler project that was released in late 2001 as Windows XP.
Editions
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Windows Odyssey, being the successor to Windows Neptune, was planned to retain its editions, going from the Consumer Edition, through the Professional Edition, to the various Server ones.
Builds
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There are no publicly known builds of Windows Odyssey[citation needed].
References
- ^ Thurrott, Paul. "Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows 2000 FAQ". Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. WindowsITPro. http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/2000_old.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-13. ""Odyssey" is the code-name for the next major version of Windows 2000, which would have been called Windows NT 6.0 had Microsoft not messed with the naming in late 1998."
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External links
- Neptune: The Windows that wasn't on Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows.
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