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The source article isn't exactly correct.

Microsoft directly described each of the OSes and their origin and purpose. If that information was incorrect, it was incorrect because Microsoft didn't provide entirely accurate information.

However, the only thing new learned is that the games OS, which was described as the Xbox OS, is in fact based on the Windows 8 kernel and not the same as the Xbox 360's OS.

The apps OS was always known to be a Windows 8-based OS.