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Microsoft Officially Shows Longhorn, WinFX

Posted by simoniker on from the antlers-mounted-on-wall dept.

Theaetetus writes "Microsoft today unveiled its most detailed look yet at its new OS, Longhorn, due in 2006, during Bill Gates' keynote speech at the company's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. An article at Internet Week describes some of the goals: avoiding viruses, worms, and 'building apps that are as smart as Outlook.'" The company "also unveiled 'WinFX,' which it described as a new application programming model for Windows that is the evolution of its .NET programming framework."

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  1. FP by OzPhIsH · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

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    "To lead the people, you must walk behind them"

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YOU FAIL IT!

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  3. first post!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t!! 1 am so l33t!! first post!!!

    1. Re:first post!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Guess again, monkey boy.

    2. Re:first post!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YOU FAIL IT!!! j0000 sux0rs!!!!!!!

  4. Re:How about this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apple = bloat.
    I was wondering.. what's the fuss about iTunes for windows.. it _sucks_, it's slow and stupid.
    It sucks more cpu/memory than Sonique. It's incredible.

    I completely lost any interest on MacOSX.. based on iTunes.. it must feel like a fucking mammoth.. just like its' predecessor, not the smoothest thing...

  5. RUN!!! by UrGeek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "building apps that are as smart as Outlook." I don't know if Outlook or IE is the single most horrible security risk in the history of computers but they are both at least tied for first place. RUN!!!!

  6. eesh by devphaeton · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow... Bill Gates looks like crap.

    How old is he again?

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  7. Re:MODERATORS ON CRACK YET AGAIN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the general pubic is spreading it's legs like the whore that it is

    No, not the general public - just your mom.

  8. In other news..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Novelty farting dog sparks US terror alert
    By Lester Haines
    Posted: 27/10/2003 at 17:42 GMT

    Osama bin Laden will doubtless be absolutely gutted to learn that any plan he may have had to destroy a US airliner using a life-size novelty mechanical farting terrier is doomed to failure.

    Yup, the ever-vigilant airport security officials in Norfolk, Virginia, responded instantly when Brit passenger Dave Rogerson's flatulent fido's outgassing triggered a security device, the BBC reports.

    It appears that the "wind-breaking mechanism registered as a high explosive on sensitive monitoring equipment", resulting in armed Feds swooping on Mr Rogerson.

    Rogerson is reported as saying: "There's no humour at American check-ins and for about 20 minutes I was quite scared. They were very jumpy and convinced there was something explosive in the dog."

    Happily, tests soon revealed that the malodorous mutt posed no threat to national security, and was returned to its owner. Mr Rogerson has now renamed the animal "Norfolk" in honour of the airport and its contribution to the War on Terror. (R)

  9. Re:That's a goal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I'm on a crusade. I intend to post a comment like this one whenever I see anybody use "virii." Please don't interpret this comment as either endorsement of or disagreement with the parent post. Moderators: with your help, we can wipe out "virii" in our lifetime!

    The plural of "virus" isn't "virii." There is no such word. The plural of "virus" is "viruses."

    Here's a good explanation from cdknow.com, quoted here in its entirety because the people who most need to read this won't click on a link.

    The correct English plural of virus is viruses. Please consult any good dictionary before making up words.

    For the purists, in Latin, there is a rarely-used plural form:

    virus, viri (neuter)

    (Forms: almost always restricted to nominative and accusative singular; generally singular in Lucretius, ablative singular in Lucretius)

    The point of this is that even in Latin the form "viri" is rarely used. The singular form is used in most every instance. (This is from the Oxford Latin Dictionary.)

    So, when considering the Latin: "virii" is incorrect and "viri" was almost never used.

    Despite the fact there was little use for the plural form, there is another reason why "viri" was rarely used. The most common Latin word for "man" is "vir" with "viri" being its plural in the form used as the subject of a sentence. Thus, since "men" as the subject of a sentence would be used far more often than "venoms" (virus means venom) the "viri" word was most commonly seen as the plural of "man."

    Bottom line: Don't try to make up words using a false Latin plural form. Since the word virus in its English form is now used then the English plural (viruses) should be used.

    More plural-of-virus resources:

    perl.com, the canonical and exhaustive source
    Jonathan de Boyne Pollard's Frequently Given Answer
    Merriam-Webster's "Word for the Wise," January 20, 2000.