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A Quick Peek at Longhorn

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the enemy-movements-reported-in-sector-seven dept.

Kaypro writes: "The Register has an interesting article with some minor details regarding Microsoft's next OS. P2P, filesystem plugins and some thoughts from Hans Reiser, of ReiserFS fame make for an interesting read."

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  1. Quick Question... by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Offtopic
    Should we be discussing:
    • A.) How bad MS is, and how we hate it and everything they do.
    • B.) How MS users are inferior and shouldn't be played by MS.
    • C.) The intricacy of this new idea, and how linux can compete, or use the ideas they bring forward
    I guess it all comes down to whether you see MS as an 'enemy' or a competitor. Linus sees it as a competitor, respects them, and makes sure his OS can compete with them. He never really derails them or has an elitist attitude. Maybe we should follow suit, here?
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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  2. This is an insult! by TheAngryArmadillo · · Score: 3, Offtopic


    Naming their new OS 'Longhorn' is an affront to all UT grads everywhere!

    Can't they call it 'Aggie' or something?

    AngryArmadillo

  3. Re:Scary future ahead by Dephex+Twin · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Virus is not a Latin word, it's an English word, and therefore follows English conventions: one virus, many viruses. It is based on the Latin 'vir' but is as English as all get out.

    Conventions like datum/data and vertex/vertices, or did you mean conventions like woman/women, or sheep/sheep?

    English is full of exceptions. Just because it came from Latin into English doesn't mean it is "virii", but on the other hand, the fact that it is an English word doesn't mean it must end with an "s".

    There is no "correct" way to say anything, as language evolves with time. The closest one can come to "correct" is whatever best communicates the idea(the point of language).

    In the case of viruses/virii, I think they are on pretty equal footing. Especially since this is a geek website.

    mark
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