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- bitwiseplatypus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8The username in that screenshot is Tal-Shiar. I'm a huge geek for knowing this, but wasn't "Tal-Shiar" the name of the super secret evil Romulan intelligence agency in ST:TNG and DS9?
- woodyp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6There's a trip down memory lane, I actually found my Neptune disc that I obtained from some Microsoft press event. I remember installing it and thinking that they were on the right track, but with the "NT5 Beta project" getting full steam, I never sat down and focused much on Neptune. Great idea, the "convergence of the 9x consumer based OS based on the NT technology". I am glad that the focus was shifted to Windows NT5/2000, which in my opinion, has been one of the most dependable, if not only "stable" OS to come out of Redmond. No flaming an old Win2K user, please.
- Demagogue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5>>But wouldn't it make a change for Microsoft to ship a product that works properly for once?
My XP works fine and always has, along with 2000 when I used it. 98 even worked for me with no problems...... - jrkagan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I remember reading about this on Paul Thurrott's Winsupersite.com a few years ago. The idea was basically the same as the idea behind Windows XP Home Edition, which makes me almost want to consider Neptune the "earliest" alpha preview of Windows XP. Logon screen with pictures, consumer-centric features, NT kernel...it was all there.
- SVPirate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Interesting indeed. I'm not surprised it was scrapped and integrated into Whistler though, the projected time scale would have seen it coincide with the replacement for Windows 2000 anyway.
I have this theory that Microsoft keep a 'future Windows OS' project going constantly, they never release it, they just keep canging the name and shunting it on 5 years. Out of it they extract a few choice 'improvements' and then use those in the next OS they release. It's an interesting system I must say! - YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wait. I thought Tal-Shiar were those alien dudes from X-men.
*shrug*
Pretty. XP, in my opinion as an end-user, is one of the best windows releases for consumers. Ever. - XMorbius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Neptune is a nice name for products that never get released, just ask Sega!
Heres a link for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Neptune - ketha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Blackcomb appears to be now called Vienna... (it means nothing to me!)
it's also not due till 2011...it's quite interesting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vienna - yournamehere, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2how many OS's did you make, tmcleroy?
- odevans, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3bitwiseplatypus: "The username in that screenshot is Tal-Shiar. I'm a huge geek for knowing this, but wasn't "Tal-Shiar" the name of the super secret evil Romulan intelligence agency in ST:TNG and DS9?"
Indeed.
And there's no shame in knowing it! - edsonmedina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This reminds me of Windows NT 5 that was never released.
I've still got the beta 1. - ilikebike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm still running off of Microsoft BOB
http://toastytech.com/guis/bob.html - Majin_Raditz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, looks like every other version of windows.......
- moltek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
"...One build was sent out to testers before it was canceled, and if you look in the right places you can locate it on the web..."
would someone actually be interested in downloading this ?
I mean... - patrickweber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@sintax:
"Odyssey N/A Never released. Also never compiled."
As per: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_codenames - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I had Neptune installed on my laptop for a month or so. It's just like 2000 Home. BillyG was smart to pull the plug.
- ptcfast2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@moltek - Some people really like Windows 2000 compared to Windows XP. People just might think that this is cool because it was basicly a home edition of Windows 2000. =P
- Sintax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone know anything about Windows Codename: Odyssey ?
- evil_bunny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wasn't this the consumer windows that had a webpage interface which shielded the system from consumer - users? I remember seeing screenshots ages ago and thinking how sad it is that we take powerful computers and dumb it down to such a level that it's practically patronizing (to consider use of it anything like computer literacy)
- siouxmoux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Windows Vienna. out due 2011, Lately how Micro$haft been pushing back in their OS's releases Let be Realistic How about 2029.
- retawd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0macslut - I got it and it was. Probably because noone had to explain it to me...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Too bad it wasn't Win95/98 instead, they were both pieces of feral dog *****, IMO.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No, macslut, it wasn't. Neptune was just a home version of 2000. BillyG killed it when he became cheif software architect (or whatever) and started on XP. I had it installed on my laptop. It's just like 2000 with the XP login style.
- Irfit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Microsoft bob > all
- colelt1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like win2k the most, but how old it was getting, I swiched to XP, but put XP in classic mode and it will seem like 2k (and pretty much is).
Right click start menu, hit properties, select "classic start menu"
Right click desktop, hit properties, theme: "Windows Classic"
To the untrained eye, you now have the win2k gui. Classic mode also uses around 5% less memory and cpu. - macslut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lyph3, sorry for the poor morning humor, but read it again, slowly iNept-unes...get it now?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bob wasn't an OS, it was just a GUI. A seperate program. When '95 came out, it was a really cool thing. You could put all your aps in your room and know where the shortcuts were. That's the motivation I have for my shortcut order on my desktop. Games in one corner, work aps in another.
- FunkyWorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lotusleaf - By today's standards Win95/98 are a pain but back in '95 it was a revelation - at the time I was working in an office that had a mixed TCP/IP & IPX network and I always set aside half a day to get a Windows 3.11 machine working properly out of the box - to have those protocols included with the OS was a lovely thing. Also to have a pre-emptive multi-tasker was good - remember that OS9 (which was still shipping in the 21st century) was a co-operative multi-tasker with memory management akin to what Windows had in the early 90's......
- SupaDawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0macslut, if you have to explain it, it isn't funny.
This OS looked promising. I remember hearing about this back in the day. Good find. I had forgotten all about it. - orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Funny, every time I see windows, I see Uranus, not neptune
sorry had to put that one in - RLJ1.51, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Odevans - You are correct. Not so secret, but yup, that was them.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Nice OS name i must say...
- swankboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Um, looks like "Windows." Exciting.
- matthew.paul, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2 @ rabid_monkey
yeah, that was the one they ended up releasing... - bedouin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Windows 2000 is the only OS by MS that I kind of like.
- slicerace, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Wikipedia? No digg.
- antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0@matthew.paul
Very well put! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I still think MAC OSX will be the next biggest Windows. There is no reason NOT to run it if you are runign generic apps and with the new Intel versions.... well, you do the math.
http://www.gfx.com - moolcool, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i would of used it
- ForbesBingley, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2In fairness to Microsoft -- or more specifically, Jim Alchin for pushing the issue -- the quality of the final product has been moved to the top of the list.
As of last week, Vista had its feature set frozen and all remaining development work is focused on stability and such.
Now, on the face of it, off-loading all of those nice features last year sounded pretty grim, but it does mean that there's a better chance of a better product shipping.
As a Mac user of old, I couldn't really care too much either way. I don't do Windows.
But wouldn't it make a change for Microsoft to ship a product that works properly for once? - macslut, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0No, this wasn't an OS, it was a media app to live on Windows. Microsoft knew even then they needed to compete with Apple, so they created this and figured people would like it even better if they used a lowercase "i" as a prefix. Fortunately for MS, they've got smarter people in marketing, and thus iNeptunes was renamed Windows Media Player.
- rabid_monkey, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1There's a joke about Uranus somewhere in this story, I just know it!
- Zukunft, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Is Blackcomb still in the works?
- tmcleroy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Any Windows OS that never was is a good thing.
- timewarrior, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0old news
- Ricapar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0For some reason, it reminded me of Windows ME...
- MonkeyFit, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1@sahaskatta
I've never owned a computer with ME on it. But i've heard the horror stories. I truly feel sorry for the suffering you endured. -
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