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MS Says Longhorn To Arrive 2005
Lawrence Person writes "According to this article in PC World, Microsoft 'publicly confirmed 2005 as the release year for Longhorn, the successor to Windows XP.' And of course, we all know tha Microsoft release dates never slip..."
Will we have to activate the box before we open it this time around?
That's a relief, now I don't have to buy Windows Server 2003.
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Windows 2006
Don't believe anything I say. I crash test crack pipes for a living.
Yes, just like we know that Slashdot submissions never have typos.
Forget the whales - save the babies.
Actually, the code is complete. It'll take the lawyers until 2005 to write the EULA that you have to agree to before installation.
Well that's ironic.
Text of the article:
Microsoft today confirmed that it's follow up version to windows XP, codename Longhorn, will be released in 2005.
Information Minister Mohommed Saeed al-Sahaf said "Today is a great day for the nation of Microsoft. Our enemies call us the Beast of Redmond. Laugh now supplicants! Soon the Beast will impale you His Longhorn! The Sons of Bill rejoice, knowing the Penguin is too far from reality, with thier stomachs roasting and their processes committing suicide at the Gates of Redmond. Never will our dates slip, in fact, it will be ready by 2004. Even now it is ready, but we hold it back at our will!"
Richard Stallman responded for the OSS community by replying "WTF? Where did they get this guy? Oh, patent on overlordish rhetoric? Sheeeeesh."
Uh, maybe it means that you're going to get gored in the arse, just like when you mess with a bull.
I read somewhere that it's a bar near Whistler or Blackcomb, and fit in with the mountain code names they have been using for a while.
"Windows Me offers tremendous reliability and stability improvements..." -- Paul Thurott
Well, it'll be in the top 20, anyway.
What kinds of features can we expect in Longhorn that Apple won't already have had for awhile by the time it ships?
It'll work on a PC.
How's the HURD doing again?
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"Longhorn" is instantly recognizable as a well-known breed of cattle.
To understand the choice of "Longhorn" as the product for the next version of Windows, let's consider a few well-known properties of cattle:
1. Cattle are unintelligent.
2. Cattle move slowly, and just look at you blankly when you tell them to move.
3. Cattle are huge, consisting mostly of fat.
4. From the perspective of cattle, the grass is always greener on the other side, so it's always worth upgrading to the next field. Although after you jump through the electric fence, you realize you didn't actually get anywhere better.
And the next linux kernel is due out when?
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
You will submit the proper documentations and proofs of identity (yourself, your family, your friends, your neighbors, your coworkers, and others to be determined by Microsoft as befits each individual activation of your New Microsoft Product)to activate your New Microsoft Product at least one year BEFORE you purchase it. Any Fraud, Attempted Fraud, Suspected Fraud or Contacts Leading To Suspicion Of Fraud discovered during Microsoft's routine vetting proceedures shall be forwarded to the Cognizant Authorities (Local, State, Federal, Trilateral Commission, Other) who shall exercise such measures as are deemed necessary to properly reeducate you and see to it that you activate your New Microsoft Product properly the next time.
Is it fascism yet?