Fun Facts About Windows XP

A reader who wishes to remain Anonymous sent us in some fun facts on XP, heres what he said in his corresponsence to us.

Hi,

I found this at the OEM SYSTEM builder website,it may be nice to post on the site.

WINDOWS INDEX

1. Number of days it took to develop Windows XP: 600 (12/20/99 – 8/24/01)

2. Number of focused team members: 5,736

3. Number of testers per developer: 1.4

4. Number of babies born during the project: 452

5. Number of interns employed: 504

6. Amount of macaroni consumed during 40 "Windows Info Meetings": 6,000 lbs

7. Number of Frappuccino's® served: 86,400

8. Dollars raised for Seattle Ronald McDonald House (local charity): $2 million

9. Number of test cases for system restore feature: 1.6 million

10. Number of Direct3D graphics test cases run since Windows XP RC1: 43,114,143

11. Number of applications tested for compatibility: 5,500

12. Number of devices supported out of the box: 12,000

13. Percentage of the most popular PC applications distributed in the last three years that will be compatible with Windows XP: 90%

14. Number of track in the largest Digital Media Library test case: 31,000

15. Length in hours of longest single file captured by Windows Movie Maker: 114

16. Number of languages we are localizing to: 24 fully & 9 partially

17. Number of countries participating in the launch on 10/25: Over 50

18. Number of people attending launch events worldwide: over 580,000 in seats ... plus online audiences 5,120 system builders worldwide