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Linux really has come a long way
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I'd agree with that.
I think the windows NT lineage should be considered separately from the MS-DOS based ones (pre win 2000).
So I'd say MS-Dos family died with windows 2000. and the current windows lineage traces back to the early windows NT business oriented stuff - not back through windows 95.
Did you mean Windows Me?
2000 was NT-based.
yeah, that's what i meant; 2000 killed off the old one.
I forgot about Me though - never used it.