Windows 2000 remains under construction but is already three times the size of rival operating systems. With over 30 million lines of code, it is the most ambitious software project Microsoft has ever undertaken. Developers volunteered to work through Christmas, but the software giant admits that it is still on a 'treadmill'.
Welcome to the software factory. Here, in buildings 9, 10, 26, 27, the size of rival operating systems. With over 30 million lines of code, it is the most ambitious software project Microsoft has e...
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