[duxuser] Re: Windows "Longhorn" is no more!
- From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:42:12 -0400
It didn't work for me either.
Here's the text of a similar article from:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3522176
July 22, 2005
Microsoft: Longhorn Is Now Windows Vista
By
Colin C. Haley
Microsoft (
Quote,
Chart)
announced the go-to-market name for the next-generation version of its
Windows operating system: Vista.
The company said it expects to release a test of Windows Vista Beta 1,
targeted at developers and IT professionals, by August 3rd. But expectations
are
that it could leak out sooner. In a video announcement broadcast online this
morning, the company said Longhorn, the codename for the past couple of
years
for the beta, has been put out to pasture.
According to the company's
Website,
Vista is expected to arrive in 2006, a time frame analysts and
company-watchers have long questioned since key features in Longhorn have
been delayed or
nixed since it was first unveiled in 2003.
"December of 2006 sounds like a convenient way to not say 2007," Gordon
Haff, Illuminata analyst, recently told internetnews.com. "If Microsoft
already
is pushing the date to the very end of next year, Haff said, "That says to
me 2007 is a lot more realistic."
The Vista name suggests that graphics and presentation are slated as major
improvements to the operating system that runs more than 90 percent of the
world's
computers. With a tagline that reads, "Bringing clarity to your world,"
Microsoft's Vista is designed to introduce "clear ways to organize and use
information
the way you want to use it."
Indeed, the Avalon graphics subsystem, which enables users to easily
organize, match and move around multimedia files such as video, audio and
images, represents
a major new look and feel to Windows, compared to the media management tools
in XP. Avalon is part of the Visual Studio 2005 developer platform,
code-named
Whidbey, which is also getting a look-see from developers.
In April, released
the second beta
of Visual Studio 2005, .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2, and the April Community
Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2005.
Expect to see a developer platform integrated with Microsoft's SQL Server
2005, highlighting Microsoft's commitment to tying application development
to
back-end infrastructure.
The name change also thrusts the next version of Windows into a brighter
spotlight ahead of Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference in
September,
where developers will be able to dig even deeper into the latest Vista build
after next week's beta test release.
The next-generation operating system was originally announced in 2001, and
officially unveiled at its 2003 developers' conference. Since then,
Longhorn,
now Vista, has faced numerous delays, with developers
scaling back
some of its features in order to help get it out the door within the 2006
release year.
It is expected to have a number of improvements over the current Windows
platform however. Microsoft has been focusing on security and
interoperability.
In addition, Microsoft said it will have Real Simple Syndication (
define)
deeply embedded
in the platform.
That will allow developers to bring RSS data into applications without
having to manage synchronization or subscriptions. A common RSS Feed List
will maintain
one list of the user's subscriptions across all applications.
Despite the delays, analysts who follow Microsoft expect Vista to be an
important part of the company's success in the next two years.
"Several new product cycles, including Windows x64, SQL server 2005, XBox
360, and eventually [Vista] and Office 12 promise to fuel a rebound to solid
double-digit
top-line growth in [fiscal] 2006-2007," analysts at SG Cowen & Co. wrote in
a note to investors this morning.
The official announcement came after Windows enthusiast site
ActiveWin.com
first broke the story Thursday evening. By then, the name was buzzing
through the halls of a sales conference in Atlanta, which was part of the
video announcement
Friday.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Post" <franpost@xxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:33 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Windows "Longhorn" is no more!
Message said this link was incorrect. Did anyone else get this same
message?
Fran
On Jul 23, 2005, at 7:55 AM, duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sorry about the cross posting, but I thought you might be
interested in reading about the announcement at the
following.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-22LHM
A.mspx
George.
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