Draft:Windows Triton

Triton
Version of the Windows NT operating system
	File:Windows Triton Logo.png (unofficial logo)
	Service Pack Calendar of various planned Windows versions from around the year 2000 (note that Windows Triton has separate service packs than Neptune).
Developer	Microsoft
Working state	Historic, never released
Latest preview	Unknown / March 2001
Marketing target	Consumers
Kernel type	Windows NT
License	Unknown
Support status
	Cancelled

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Comment: It looks like this got merged into Windows_Neptune#Triton. Why should it be stand alone and not instead better covered there? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:35, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Triton is the Codename given to a cancelled minor release of Microsoft Windows that started development in March of 2001.^[2]^[1] It was developed with the goal as being the successor to Windows Neptune as opposed to the prior idea of it being a Service pack of Neptune.^[1]

History

Triton was originally thought of as being a service pack for Neptune rather than a standalone Operating System. Triton was released through leaked United States v. Microsoft Corp. documents against Microsoft.^[2] Even though Triton was supposed to be a service pack, it was later confirmed in the documents that it was a standalone release with 4 service packs (service pack 1 was meant to release in May of 2001, service pack 2 in fall of 2001, service pack 3 at the start of 2002 and service pack 4 in July 2002^[1]) planned to be released. Microsoft wanted to make 64-bit versions of both Neptune and Triton but still treated Triton as a minor release/update to the Neptune (then shortened to NT) userbase and date-drove Triton so it can be able to support new hardware.

In early 2000, the Neptune and Odyssey projects both merged development and the new project was codenamed "Whistler".^[3]^[4] "Whistler" was the codename given to Windows XP which released on 24 August, 2001 to manufacturing.^[5] This did not affect Triton because it is believed it was in planning stages^[1] although it is unknown if any betas were compiled for it.

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Triton was most likely never compiled or had any beta releases handed to the team as it was most like cancelled during planning, although user Brandon Sky on the forums of the Beta Archive Wiki is/was trying to re-create what Triton might have looked like if it were to have been compiled and/or released.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Windows Triton - BetaArchive Wiki". Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Platforms Group-Desktop Three-Year Outlook February 1998" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. January 27, 2000. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
^ "Microsoft consolidates Windows development efforts". ZDNet. January 25, 2000. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
^ "An Inside Look at the Months-long Process of Getting Windows XP Ready for Release to Manufacturing | Stories". Microsoft Stories. Microsoft. August 24, 2001. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
^ "Windows NT 5.6 Codename Triton - BetaArchive". Retrieved 18 April 2023.

Category:Microsoft Windows

[BAW-1] "Windows Triton - BetaArchive Wiki". Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[CONFIDENTIAL-2] "Platforms Group-Desktop Three-Year Outlook February 1998" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[3] "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. January 27, 2000. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-06.

[zdnetasia-4] "Microsoft consolidates Windows development efforts". ZDNet. January 25, 2000. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-06.

[MS-ready-for-RTM-5] "An Inside Look at the Months-long Process of Getting Windows XP Ready for Release to Manufacturing | Stories". Microsoft Stories. Microsoft. August 24, 2001. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2018.

[BAWf-6] "Windows NT 5.6 Codename Triton - BetaArchive". Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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