Supposedly, we are looking at screenshots of Windows 7 here. Anyone who has ever looked at Vista will realise these are exactly the same - and that actually makes a lot of sense, so early in a development cycle. In any case, the version number in the winver screenshot actually corresponds to the version number supposedly assigned to the supposedly released M1 build of Windows 7 - but hey, that's just a Photoshop away. Do with this as you please.
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The key phrase is "built on." I think Microsoft tried too hard to roll everything but the kitchen sink into Vista as it tried to make it the end-all be-all. What Microsoft should have done is the opposite and stripped away anything superfluous in order to create a lean, mean stable operating system. Unfortunately, Microsoft got burned with Vista because their over-reaching ambition created too many empty promises as their programmers were insufficient to meet the task. To compound the problem, Microsoft's marketing people decided to go hog wild in their attempt to maximize the gouging...er profits and that's how we arrived at Microsof's "Baskin Robbins" esque 31 flavors of Windows Vista. I think most users would agree that Vista contains too much. A cleaner, leaner OS is what's in order and let people pick and choose the extraneous features they need ala carte. In truth, this is how Microsoft will maximize it's profits AND keep customers happy.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Windows Vista is built on the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 codebase.
Windows Vista SP1 will inerith the Windows 2008 Server's kernel
your post is misleading. while vista is built upon the window2003 codebase, it isnt the same as windows2003 improved. its still a new product.
also, while sp1 will include the slightly updated nt6.0 kernel, it already uses the nt6.0 kernel. windows2003 used the nt5.2 kernel.
/stone
Edited 2008-01-25 12:32 UTC
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2007-02-27
Windows Vista is built on the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 codebase.
Windows Vista SP1 will inerith the Windows 2008 Server's kernel
Edited 2008-01-25 10:44 UTC