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...that as early as 2003, Microsoft already explained that Windows Longhorn was based not on Windows XP but on Windows Server 2003 code?
...that according to then-Windows NT chief architect and project manager Dave Cutler, the internal name of NT 4.0 was Tukwila or Windows NT 3.99?
...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 anywhere on any Windows version?
...that there could be a planned Personal edition of Windows 2000, because Windows Server 2003 build 2462 included login banners for the edition?
...that photos can be stacked by camera models in Windows Vista to view all photos that were taken with a specific camera?

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