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agreenbhmOct 15th 2008 6:23PM

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Here's a simple overview, since people seem to be over complicating it:

Windows 1
Windows 2
Windows 3 (and Windows NT)
Windows NT 4
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows 7

The kernel for XP, Vista and 7 are written off of the NT kernel. 2000 and XP are a similar kernel (you can call them the same for all intents and purposes). The Windows 9x family (95, 98, 98se, ME) are not written from the NT kernel. When ME died, so did the 9x kernel.

So now, rather than having a home OS line (9x) and a business OS line (NT), we just have XP Home and Pro, Vista (home versions) and Business, and now we're going to have Windows 7 (probably with some kind of home offering and business offering).

Hope that clears things up.

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