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Bob Muglia on Longhorn Server, Linux and Blackcomb

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the up-close-and-personal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a wide-ranging interview, Microsoft's senior VP Bob Muglia talks about the work involved in getting Longhorn Server out by 2007. He also gives the lowdown on the next major release of Windows Server, code-named Blackcomb. 'If Indigo (a major feature of Longhorn) took four years to develop, some major infrastructure things inside Blackcomb will also take four years to develop,' Muglia said. On competition from Linux, he said: 'When I think of Linux, I don't think about it as our competitor. I think about Linux as a technology that is used by our competitors to build competitive offerings.' Very different from what Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates have been saying but Muglia says he's trying to teach them a thing or two."

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  1. No competition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That lazy penguin's no match fro Clippy.

    1. Re:No competition by D4MO · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Hey, it looks like you need to spell check!"

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  2. They come and they go... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    When I think of Linux, I don't think about it as our competitor.
    -and-
    Muglia says he's trying to teach them a thing or two. (Gates and Balmer)

    Gee, I wonder how much longer he's gonna be around at MS.
  3. yeah, right by pato+perez · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's just playing good cop...

  4. Sure... by xxx_Birdman_xxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:
    Muglia must keep a long train of updates and service packs for older versions of Windows rolling off the production line

    WOAH, slow down with all those service packs for XP microsoft!
    If the service packs for XP were actually a train, the would be only one carriage.. but that carriage would be bloody long!

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  5. Re:Smart Guy by DiscoOnTheSide · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, as far as my knowledge goes (I.E.- watching "Pirates of Silicon Valley") that fat goon Balmer more or less roommates with a dork who had a hardon for computers and rode on his coat tails so he could bounce around like he was auditioning for planet of the apes.

    Gates: "Hmmm... that developer... He doesn't look motivated enough. Release the chimp!"
    Balmer: "DEVELOPERS DEVERLOPS DEVELOPERS!"
    Developer: "Nooooooo!!!"

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