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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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 NERFINISHED
codename Neptune NERFINISHED
developer Microsoft
developmentBranch Windows NT 5.x line NERFINISHED
developmentPeriod late 1990s
influenced Windows XP NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
intendedSuccessorOf Windows 98 NERFINISHED
kernelType Windows NT kernel NERFINISHED
license proprietary software license
mergedWith Odyssey NERFINISHED
notableBuildNumber 5111
operatingSystemFamily Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED
plannedEditionType home edition
plannedFeature activity-based user interface
enhanced home networking
improved user account management
plannedSuccessorOf Windows 98 Second Edition NERFINISHED
Windows Me (conceptually superseded) NERFINISHED
plannedTargetMarket consumer
platform IA-32 NERFINISHED
preReleaseBuildsLeaked yes
projectGoal move home users from DOS-based Windows to NT-based Windows
projectType consumer edition of Windows NT
relatedProject Odyssey NERFINISHED
sourceModel closed source
status cancelled
succeededBy Windows XP NERFINISHED
userInterface Luna (early concepts) NERFINISHED

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Whistler relatedCodename Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project)