"Longhorn" was originally intended to be an interim release, but picked up many features slated for it's successor. The first build to leak publicly was build 3683, which contained a new theme, and also the foundations for WinFS, and Avalon, which eventually became the Windows Presentation Framework. Longhorn became a bloated, unstable piece of vapourware. Over time, many features slated for Blackcomb became part of Longhorn, and employees jumped ship from other parts of the company. Longhorn was originally intended as an interim release, a bridge between Windows XP (Whistler), and a major new version known as "Blackcomb", which eventually became Windows 7. Development started as a minor revision to Windows XP, known as "Whistler +1". "Longhorn" went through many stages of development. The earliest builds after the reset were also known as "Codename Longhorn", causing some confusion. This project never released, but rather its development was reset, creating the new project Longhorn/Omega-13, which eventually became Windows Vista. Windows Codename "Longhorn" was the planned successor to Windows XP.
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