You do know that runs on top of the NT kernel - don’t you?
*Recent versions of Windows NT for 64-bit architectures, including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (x86-64), Windows XP 64-bit Edition (IA-64), Windows Server 2003 (x64) and Windows Vista (x64), no longer include the NTVDM; so they are unable to run 16-bit DOS or Windows applications. This is because an x64 CPU in its full 64 bit mode cannot go to virtual mode without a hard reset; Virtual mode is not part of the x64 specification, the CPU needs to be running in x86 mode.*
Absolutely!! I should have been a little more complete in my answer. .... see, we can agree on something!
I was hoping that Win7 would be a new kernal development effort. To the best of my knowledge, this will (allegedly) be the last major OS release on the NT kernal.