OpenVista

OpenVista is a Open Source release of Windows Vista, made by OpeningTeam in 2007. Microsoft noticed it's popularity and shut it down in 2008. In 2018, Microsoft's Current CEO, Satya Nadella found OpenVista, and used it's code to develop it further, eventually making Vista's Source Code found in old Microsoft's server archives. It's current 
build is OpenVista.6003.2018-oct04.stable, while the most popular one is OpenVista.6003.2018-aug21.stable-x64
== History ==
Months after retail release of Vista, some group of Open Source euthusiasts, that previously made OpenXP (that also got shut down, but also got caught by MS CEO), decided: "If we almost finished making XP Open Source, why not starting make Vista?" In early 2007, the first build was released under name "Windows Vista, OpeningTeam Edition" and it was hosted in openingteam.co.uk (openingteam.co.uk/vistaopen to be exact). In mid-2008, Microoft noticed it's popularity and sent an note to forcibly shut down OpenVista with OpenXP and Open2000 projects (Open2000 was finished 2 years ago, and OpenXP was finished just recently), resulting in an shutdown of a website, and possibly moving all files around other file hosting services. In 2018, Satya Nadella found some latest build of OpenVista, and thought "Wow, those guys were putting effort to make it Open Source, why not contiuning their work?". He tried to contact to every OpeningTeam member, but all of them were busy, or their e-mail addresses were non-existent. Only he got one to contact, and it was website hoster, OpenTheWindow (the former creator of OpeningTeam), and asked for latest OpenVista build that they did. The answer is - he didn't had it, but he was interested, why MS CEO would ask for this, so he asked him for it. He got the information, and joined the freshly created team behind OpenVista.
== Builds ==
The most popular build: 6000.openvista.jan2008.staПИСКА.
The latest public build available: 6001.openvista.sp1.dec2009.fanmade - Released on 18th December 2009.
The latest private build leaked: 6002.openvista.sp2.apr2010.private_mard-cd.rel - mard-cd's Private Release, compiled on 11th April 2010, leaked 2 years later.
== Gallery ==
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