Longhorn in 2006

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 13, 2003 @05:15AM from the maybe-this-will-slow-down-the-worms dept.

worm eater writes "Microsoft Watch reports that Microsoft officials are now aiming for a 2006 release date for Longhorn, the follow up to Windows XP. Microsoft has been hyping aspects of this OS to its partners since 2001. I'm beginning to wonder if the industry will be in a far different place than Microsoft envisions 3 years down the line."

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My predictions for 2006 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-13 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny
- GTK will have a decent file dialog
- OpenOffice will be fast, and have a format painter
- Apple will be using the G6 processor
- BSD will have rose from the dead, haunting the trolls forever!
- Debian will be still be using kernel 2.2 in the stable verision
New Microsoft slogan by AtariAmarok · 2003-10-13 05:21 · Score: 4, Funny

"Where do you want to go today..oops, in 2006?"

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Wait... by Aldric · 2003-10-13 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Why should Microsoft be capable of implementing secure DRM when normal security has thus far eluded them?
Re:Longhorn...and then... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-13 05:29 · Score: 2, Funny

Might as well plan to bundle 'Duke Nukem Forever' in there, right next to 'Freecell'
Re:Screenshots by Doesn't_Comment_Code · 2003-10-13 05:47 · Score: 3, Funny

The screenshots of the latest build of Longhorn can be found here

- That is entirely too much blue...

I beleive this is to ease in to the Blue Screen of Death. When you go from an application packed full of vital data to the BSOD, there is a sinking feeling accompanied by shock.

The new all blue screen will ease you into the BSOD. You might still be angry to lose your data, but heck, the screen was already blue.

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Re:Screenshots by Doesn't_Comment_Code · 2003-10-13 05:53 · Score: 5, Funny

As one of the largest failings of Windows XP was that it didn't antialias EVERYTHING, Longhorn will be finishing what XP couldn't.

To keep up with new hardware, Longhorn will continue to competively use 96% of system resources through such bonus features as antialiasing the clock, folders, the XP search dog, and many more. For very fast computers, Longhorn is dabbling with a groundbreaking antialiasing loop, which, if there is nothing left to antialias, will loop in the background reantialiasing bitmaps that are already smooth.

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Re:Not worth looking at by NaugaHunter · 2003-10-13 06:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Microsoft has yet to reveal their "photorealistic" interface

Really? Given their past 'innovations', a good preview might be here.

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of course they pushed it back.... by UnixRevolution · 2003-10-13 07:36 · Score: 2, Funny

How else would they have the time to steal all the features from panther?

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Also in 2006... by duck_prime · 2003-10-13 07:59 · Score: 2, Funny

... as memories of Soviet Russia fade, Slashdot will flail around desperately searching for a place where YOU belong to all your base.

... as beowulf clusters become common, Slashdot will groan with agony, lacking a go-to metaphor for new tech goodies.

... as music gets worse and worse, Slashdot will pine for something, *anything* worth rebelliously distributing for free via P2P networks.

And, of course,

... BSD will still be dying.
Re:hilarity by danila · 2003-10-13 09:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Such though have crossed my mind, but you never know on Slashdot.

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