Windows 2000: A piece of computer history becomes 25 years old

Three-quarters of all computers have an operating system from Microsoft. Windows 2000 was the measure of things for almost eleven years. The start was completely failed 25 years ago.

Windows 2000 was released on February 17, 2000. It was the successor to the Windows NT series, which was the modern offshoot of Windows development. NT stood for "New Technology". It was here that the technological foundations of future highly successful versions of Windows such as Windows XP or Windows 7 were created. ...

The release of Windows 2000 is now 25 years ago. A review of the excitement ahead, viruses, Windows Media Player, Active Directory and Co.