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More Looks At Far-Off 'Longhorn'
b17bmbr writes "According to eWeek, the first builds are out, with an SDK. The Register notes: 'Microsoft builds leak regularly, Microsoft knows this, and Microsoft knows that the wider the distribution of the software, the faster it's going to spread all over the internet...The timing is impressive for an alpha build of a product that is not scheduled to hit the streets for another two years, and which could quite easily stretch to three.' Methinks this is just vaporware." And Cleverone writes "Several days before PDC 03' attendees will obtain their copy, screenshots of the new build have already made their way to the net. For those inquisitive few, the build stamp is 6.0.4051.0."
1. You can not play games on it.
2. It cannot be used by my grandma.
3. It lacks a GUI of any note.
4. There is no support available for it.
5. It is an assortment of fragmented OSes.
6. It cannot be run on the x86 platform.
7. You have to compile everything and know C#.
8. Support for the latest hardware is always poor.
9. It is incompatiable with GNU/Linux.
10.It is dying.
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Dock, brushed metal, popup blocking, download manager, quartz extreme clone rendering, new API (avalon) .. looks like MS took a few more ideas from Apple.
Out of curiosity, does this buil include avalon?
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Wow they went from 98.7% to 98.6% desktop market share. Maybe it is because Apple upgraded their hardware for the first time in 5 years!!!.
Slashdot is corporate-owned. That means the need for page hits, and therefore "Microsoft controversy." And then we get all the fanboys who've just started running Linux who can type "M$" to their heart's content.
.NET) will be a huge step forward. .NET will replace Win32, and the final 3D Aero interface (which this build is lacking) along with WinFS will shoot Windows forward past its current Start menu/taskbar paradigm.
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In a typical week, there is a 4-to-1 ratio of Microsoft to Linux articles. This site has morphed from a pro-Linux to an anti-Microsoft website. I really miss just having cool technology news and cool Linux updates. Now it's all about bashing companies like the RIAA, SCO, Microsoft, and whoever else is set in the sites to generate page hits for the huge banner ads.
Having said that, this Longhorn build is a big deal for developers and such, because in two years, Longhorn (probably called Windows
If you need a reason, think of all the features KDE can spend another two years ripping off.
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It's GNU/Linux you insensitive clod!
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"You remind of CNN for technology. Unbiased "News". feh"
Funny I never saw the words "Unbiased News" on the front page.
You don't like that Slashdot is a pro opensource/linux website? Why did you even bother to register here then?
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I hear they finally added animations to the blue screens!!!
and Microsoft knows that the wider the distribution of the software, the faster it's going to spread all over the internet...
If they want to post the source as well I'm sure we can patch the security holes and make it reliable for them as well..
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