NT versions compared to XP

[Oni]

If Windows 2000 pro is NT5, shouldn't XP pro be NT6?
the fact that XP shows up as NT5.1 makes me feel windows XP is a service pack for 2000 pro and not an entirely new OS. Of coarse there are so many features in XP over 2000 pro I can understand it being sold as its own OS. But since it has so many new features why don't they just call it NT6?
It'd certainly round out a few things, IE6 and NT6......and I'm sure there are other things with version 6
Oh well it just seemed weird to me I thought I'd see what you guys thought.

 

[AMD_Man]

It's not called NT6 because the kernel has not been significantly redesigned. The kernel is the base of the operating system that controls all file and memory operations.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor