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Longhorn in 2006

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. My predictions for 2006 by Anonymous Coward · · 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
  2. New Microsoft slogan by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  3. Wait... by Aldric · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why should Microsoft be capable of implementing secure DRM when normal security has thus far eluded them?

  4. Re:Screenshots by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · 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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