Talk:Windows Neptune
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[edit] Was this anything other than a mockup?
I've never heard of this Neptune outside of Wikipedia. I'm not doubting it's existence, since it plainly did, but I'm unaware that it was an early code name or anything other than a mockup of some shell code on top of Win2000 - rather than a full release. Can someone actually fact check this article? It's become the basis for "Neptune" appearing in all sorts of Windows history articles which is clearly overblown. SchmuckyTheCat 21:16, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
- I think WinSuperSite was the only place I'd read about it before. [1] AlistairMcMillan 22:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
- Here you can find more information (in German) and screenshots: [2]
- I can confirm its existence, Schmucky. I had installed Build 5111 of Neptune (the most common leaked copy) on one of my old spare computers a couple of years ago. All beta software is codenamed before it is officially named, so while Neptune never officially was released, if it had been, it's name could've been Windows 2001 or something similar... Clane86 08:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
- Right, but re-read what I said. "I'm not doubting it's existence, since it plainly did, but I'm unaware that it was an early code name or anything other than a mockup of some shell code on top of Win2000". I was already working on Whistler when this Neptune thing was released to the public, yet I've never heard of Neptune except here. Code mockups are relatively common internally at msft. That doesn't mean they will ever be released. The number of dead-end R&D projects outnumbers released products by about 10 to 1. This thing seems like something leaked (or stuck on msdn as a technology sample) and then people outside of Microsoft have turned it into "this would have been Windows 2001!!1!eleven!!" which I really doubt is the case. SchmuckyTheCat 19:08, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
- For the love of God, please stop using that "!!!!!11!eleven!" crap! It implies that you don't understand the joke or you think it's not obvious enough in its pure form. It hurts me more than seeing ownage spelled with a 'P', but not quite as much as hearing people say "pawnage" IRL.
- Is there any Windows Neptune theme for Windows XP?
- Right, but re-read what I said. "I'm not doubting it's existence, since it plainly did, but I'm unaware that it was an early code name or anything other than a mockup of some shell code on top of Win2000". I was already working on Whistler when this Neptune thing was released to the public, yet I've never heard of Neptune except here. Code mockups are relatively common internally at msft. That doesn't mean they will ever be released. The number of dead-end R&D projects outnumbers released products by about 10 to 1. This thing seems like something leaked (or stuck on msdn as a technology sample) and then people outside of Microsoft have turned it into "this would have been Windows 2001!!1!eleven!!" which I really doubt is the case. SchmuckyTheCat 19:08, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Errors
I've fixed a few errors in this article. Windows Neptune did exist, but several of the facts in the article are incorrect. Timbatron 05:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Build 5000
Can it be verified that build 5000 does in fact exist? From my understanding its simply hearsay and rumors. Far from being "known to exist"
