Microsoft purchased it in 2000. The picture known as "Bliss" soon became one of the most viewed photographs in the world when it was set as the default desktop background in Windows XP.

which meant that Windows 2000 continued to run in many companies when its successors, Windows XP and Windows Vista, had long been available. Technical support was finally discontinued in 2010.

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