Talk:Windows 2000

Unification?
"This was the last NT - based version before the unification of the Windows NT and DOS-based line."

I question this line, and the logic behind it. Maybe the multimedia features from Windows Me were added to NT client Operating Systems, but I fail to see how there was some form of merger. Microsoft did not release any more 9x-based OSs after WinMe, and Windows NT has had the WOWEXEC subsystem for quite some time. I don't believe Microsoft has (except for maybe some settings tweaks for the "Compatibility Mode" introduced in WinXP), imported any additional code from 9x, thus warranting NT specific compiles of software for many years... User99672 (talk) 03:59, 24 November 2015 (GMT)
 * Perhaps that isn't correct actually? 120.144.135.20 06:16, 24 November 2015 (GMT)
 * That was my insinuation...that the suggestion of a unification is incorrect. User99672 (talk) 06:52, 24 November 2015 (GMT)
 * @User99672: There's no need to say it that way. Tau Ceti (talk) 09:07, 25 November 2015 (GMT)
 * There absolutely is. You post a confusing, vague question, in which the context cannot be understood. I legitimately cannot tell if you're criticizing me, or agreeing with me. In the case of the ladder, don't you have something more to add? User99672 (talk) 18:30, 25 November 2015 (GMT)
 * Indeed, the "unification" was mostly just marketing. XP did take features from Win9x though, I can mention the Category view of the Control Panel, or System Restore. Most likely it was just a reimplementation of the at the time Win9x only features to make Whistler equivalent to the older line in terms of features. --08:01, 27 November 2015 (GMT)
 * If there were features from 9x in XP then it counts, surely? Tau Ceti (talk) 00:48, 29 November 2015 (GMT)
 * The extent of what is a re-implementation and what is straight borrowed really is quite variable between each and every feature. User99672 (talk) 01:17, 30 November 2015 (GMT)