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Are there 20 versions of Windows Vista?

by John on October 12th, 2005

Rafael Rivera has been digging around in Windows Vista and : “I came across an XML file filled with alpha-numeric gibberish, quickly identified as base64 encoded data. I slapped it into my favorite web-based decoder and found some interesting product key SKUs …”

Ed Bott lists them and suggests it may show not seven, but 20 versions of Vista :

Retail versions for the home market:
Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate

Retail and VL versions for the business market:
Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VL Binding Service
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VLGeneric
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - DMAK

OEM editions for sale with new consumer PCs
Windows Vista Starter Digital Boost - OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic - OEM
Windows Vista Home Premium - OEM
Windows Vista Ultimate - OEM

OEM editions for sale with new business PCs
Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB - OEM
Longhorn Enterprise Server - OEM

Longhorn Server versions (due in 2007):
Longhorn Enterprise Server (ADS)
Longhorn Enterprise Server - IA64
Longhorn Standard Server
Longhorn Datacenter Server

The ones that no one will ever buy:
Windows Vista Home Basic N
Windows Vista Pro Standard N

[From Ed Bott and Extended64]

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