Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project)

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Neptune was a cancelled Microsoft Windows consumer operating system project based on the NT kernel that was intended to succeed Windows 98 but was ultimately merged into what became Windows XP.

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Microsoft Windows project ⓘ
cancelled operating system project ⓘ
architecture 32-bit ⓘ
basedOn Windows 2000 codebase ⓘ
cancelledIn around 2000 ⓘ
cancelledReason strategy shift to unify consumer and business Windows lines ⓘ
codebaseMergedInto Windows XP ⓘ
codename Neptune ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
developmentBranch Windows NT 5.x line ⓘ
linked to: Windows 2000
developmentPeriod late 1990s ⓘ
influenced Windows XP ⓘ
influencedFeature Luna visual style in Windows XP ⓘ
Welcome screen in Windows XP ⓘ
user accounts in Windows XP ⓘ
intendedCompatibility backward compatibility with Windows 9x applications ⓘ
intendedPredecessorOf Windows XP Home Edition ⓘ
linked to: Windows XP
intendedSuccessorOf Windows 98 ⓘ
kernelType Windows NT kernel ⓘ
linked to: ntoskrnl.exe
license proprietary software license ⓘ
mergedWith Odyssey ⓘ
notableBuildNumber 5111 ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows
plannedEditionType home edition ⓘ
plannedFeature activity-based user interface ⓘ
enhanced home networking ⓘ
improved user account management ⓘ
plannedSuccessorOf Windows 98 Second Edition ⓘ
linked to: Windows 98

Windows Me (conceptually superseded) ⓘ
linked to: Windows ME
plannedTargetMarket consumer ⓘ
platform IA-32 ⓘ
preReleaseBuildsLeaked yes ⓘ
projectGoal move home users from DOS-based Windows to NT-based Windows ⓘ
projectType consumer edition of Windows NT ⓘ
relatedProject Odyssey ⓘ
sourceModel closed source ⓘ
status cancelled ⓘ
succeededBy Windows XP ⓘ
userInterface Luna (early concepts) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whistler → relatedCodename → Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project) ⓘ
Whistler Beta 1 → codenameSeriesSuccessorTo → Windows Neptune (cancelled) ⓘ
linked to: Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project)
Odyssey (cancelled NT-based project) → relatedProject → Neptune (cancelled Windows project) ⓘ
linked to: Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project)