#WindowsLonghorn (aka: #WindowsVista) inside story explained by retired Microsoft Engineer Dave Cutler
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/windows-longhorn-inside-story-explained-by-retired-microsoft-engineer-dave-cutler.34985/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7FnBHrJSao This could have been a very awesome operating system GUI-wise, like a blend of Y2K and Frutiger Aero. #y2k #y2kaesthetic #frutigeraero #GUI #ui #y2k #y2kaesthetic #frutigeraero #GUI #ui #windowslonghorn #windows

Windows Codename Longhorn build 4093, from August 2004, is the last available build of what would become Windows Vista (2006), before its infamous “development reset”. As such, it contains many prototype features that were either vastly reworked for Vista, or scrapped altogether. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsVista #WindowsLonghorn #WindowsCodenameLonghorn

Windows Codename Longhorn build 3683, from September 2002, is the 1st known build of Windows Vista (2006). It had features that didn’t make the final release, such as a login screen clock & centred title bar text. Both would eventually arrive a decade later in Windows 8 (2012). 🤯 #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsVista #WindowsLonghorn #WindowsCodenameLonghorn #Windows8

The Start Page is a feature found in early development builds of Windows Codename Longhorn, which would eventually release as Windows Vista (2006). It appears to be a precursor to the Welcome Centre that debuted in Vista, and can be traced as far back as build 3683 in late 2002. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsVista #WindowsLonghorn #WindowsCodenameLonghorn

Windows Vista build 5001, from September 2004, was one of the 1st Vista builds compiled after its infamous “development reset”. Identifying itself as Windows LH, it reuses XP’s Bliss wallpaper, with a Longhorn bull (badly) edited in - a reference to Vista’s codename, Longhorn. 🐂 #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #WindowsLonghorn #Longhorn

🔴 Reminders ON - this month’s live stream will be on Friday 27th January @ 9pm GMT! I’ll be attempting to play some XP/Vista-era games on Vista (Codename ‘Longhorn’) build 4074 - probably the most famous development build of Vista. 🎮 See you then! 😎👉 https://youtu.be/I5qW5wD7Vpw #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsVista #WindowsLonghorn #Longhorn

#windowslonghorn concept from the 2003 era of computing