Is there a code split again?

[AltecXP]

So originally there was 9x and NT, then they dropped 9x and ported stuff to into NT 5.1 with XP. Then there was NT Desktop and NT server till 2005-ish(?) when Vista was rebased on the Server code. With there being WIN 11 with all its changes and Server still being more Win 10-like now are the code basses splitting more back into how it was with XP and Server with them having similar but also separate code bases? Or are some of the 11 changes being ported back to Server?

[Steven P. Administrators]

Windows Server vNext is using the same kernel as Windows 11 Dev builds, the current versions are as follows:

• Windows Server vNext build 25217
• Windows 11 Insider Preview build 25217 (Dev Channel)

They haven't decided on a name for Windows Server yet, so they are calling it vNext.

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

 

Microsoft has used "v.Next" to refer to the next version of a Windows operating system for some time now.  I think I first heard an employee use the term during the Windows Vista timeframe.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

[neufuse Veteran]

On 08/10/2022 at 00:56, goretsky said:

Hello,

 

Microsoft has used "v.Next" to refer to the next version of a Windows operating system for some time now.  I think I first heard an employee use the term during the Windows Vista timeframe.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

yeah, and not just windows... SQL Server vNext, Visual Studio vNext, etc

[Yonah Member]

I do not think you will see this since the release of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008.