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Windows Odyssey is a codename for a cancelled version of the Microsoft Windows operating system intended to succeed Windows 2000. It was later combined with Windows Neptune to create Windows XP.[1]

Windows Odyssey
Version of the Microsoft Windows operating system
DeveloperMicrosoft
Working stateNever released
Kernel typeWindows NT
LicenseNon-disclosure agreement[2]
Support status
Cancelled

Development

Windows Odyssey was intended to replace the business-oriented Windows 2000. Development began in 1999 and was based on Windows 2000.[1] The version number of Windows Odyssey is still unknown and unverified sources claim it as Windows NT 6.0.[3] Features planned for Windows Odyssey were the new Activity Center and the new user interface.[1][2] However, due to high hardware requirements and because Windows Odyssey and the consumer-based Windows Neptune were based on the same codebase, Microsoft combined them to form codename "Whistler“, Windows XP, for efficiency.[1] No builds or versions of Windows Odyssey were leaked or released by Microsoft as the product never left the planning stage.[3]

Confidential documents from the Comes vs. Microsoft case do state that Windows Odyssey was indeed under development.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "A (very) brief history of Windows XP". Neowin. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. ^ a b "The Road to Gold: The development of Windows XP Reviewed". itprotoday.com. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  3. ^ a b c "Windows Odyssey - BetaArchive Wiki". www.betaarchive.com. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
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