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==History==
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs was originally announced with the [[code name]] "[[Eiger]]" on 12 May 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/481144 |title=Microsoft's Eiger Could Prolong the Useful Life of Older PCs |publisher=Gartner.com |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Evers |first=Joris |url=http://www.infoworld.com/t/platforms/microsoft-slim-down-windows-xp-older-pcs-046 |title=Microsoft to slim down Windows XP for older PCs | Platforms |publisher=InfoWorld |date=2005-05-13 |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kotadia |first=Munir |url=http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-eiger-to-fight-desktop-linux-threat-1139192166/ |title=Microsoft Eiger to fight desktop Linux threat? |publisher=ZDNet |date=2005-05-17 |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref> ("[[Mönch]]" was announced as a potential follow-up project at about the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-puts-eiger-thin-client-into-early-testing/d/d-id/1032711?page_number=2 |title=Microsoft Puts 'Eiger' Thin Client Into Early Testing |date=May 13, 2005 |publisher=InformationWeek |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref>) The name "Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs" appeared in a press release in September 2005, when it was introduced as "formerly code-named “Eiger”" and described as "an exclusive benefit to SA <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Microsoft Software Assurance]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> customers".<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2005/sep05/09-15addseightbenefitspr.aspx Microsoft Adds Eight Benefits and Enhancements to the Software Assurance Maintenance Offering], Sept. 15, 2005</ref>
A [[Gartner]] evaluation from April 2006 stated that:
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