Windows Odyssey

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Odyssey (also known as NT6) was the codename for a version of Microsoft Windows that was intended to succeed Windows 2000. The project was cancelled in early 2000 and later merged with Neptune to create Windows XP.[1]

Development

Development of Odyssey began alongside the consumer-based Neptune in 1999 and was based on the Windows 2000 codebase.[1] Features planned for Odyssey were the new Activity Centers as well as a new user interface.[1][2] The version number of Odyssey is unknown, with some unverified sources claiming it as NT 6.0 or NT 5.5.[3]

Due to high hardware requirements and because Odyssey and Neptune would be based on the same codebase anyway, Microsoft combined them to form codename Whistler, for efficiency.[1] No builds or versions of Odyssey were ever 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 Odyssey was indeed under development.[3]

See also

References

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