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Windows XP To Get Longhorn Technologies
SilentChris writes "According to CNet, Microsoft is revising their plan for Longhorn. In addition to scaling back WinFS, they will also have separate releases of Avalon (the new graphical system) and Indigo (a new network architecture) for Windows XP and 2003. If most of the updates will be available for current versions of Windows, what is the incentive to upgrade?"
I have changed my plans. Pray I do not alter them any further.
-MSFT
If most of the updates will be available for current versions of Windows, what is the incentive to upgrade?"
That it will WORK!
I didn't know about Avalon, but Microsoft has said for quite a while they were going to be releasing Indigo for platforms other than Longhorn. Indigo is a technology that will be replacing .NET remoting and it allows for secure, reliable and transactional communication between .NET applications. It only made sense to have a version available for other versions of Windows to make sure that applications could communicate.
Forget the whales - save the babies.
Errr... .
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
I'm running Win98SE without any trouble. Why should I upgrade to Longhorn?
.5 fps?
Random Guess: You desperately want to see Doom 3 run on your old hardware at
A few months after Longhorn comes out, all these XP features will break, legally if not logically, and you'll have to buy Longhorn anyway. How's that for an incentive?
"These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined" --Homer re:
C'mon, this is the man credited with saying (on more than one accasion I might add):
"Bwahahahahahaha. Fools! I'll destroy them all!
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
I'm sure those words would echo through the halls of Microsoft like the sound of a swift approaching doom!
Longhorn is supposed to be a "unified" desktop with Internet, mail, etc.
So the OS won't just be IE anymore? It'll also be Outlook Express? Helloooo viruses.
... and he should upgrade to Longhorn, why?
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
Apple had originally made ambitious plans for Copland
In all fairness I think it was Stallone's acting that did it in.
LilMikey.com... I'll stop doing it when you sto
- Longhorn stuffs
In Texas, we refer to that as Bull stuffs. In polite company, I mean.-- @rjamestaylor on Ello
MONEY
I like it!
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... but the joy of hacking the latest Microsoft license registration procedure.
My best sig is this one.
Longhorn will automatically render the Slashdot IT page in a better colour. It might even get people to switch from Linux to Windows.
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ECHELON is a government program to find words like bomb, jihad, plutonium, assassinate, and anarchy.
When I'm done upgrading I can look my wife in the eye and pretend that only an Alpha Nerd could possibly complete such a gargantuan task. She will have to think twice about any plans to leave me for truly there are none higher.
"All it takes is a little basic research first."
You're new here, aren't you?
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
visit file:///C:/Con/Con for one of many valid reasons to upgrade your operating system.
No, *I* am new_here_arent_you.
There's no mention of this in the article, but I'm beginning to wonder if MS is the "secret" company that licensed the Doom 3 engine for use with the new versions of Solitaire and Minesweeper.
The WinXP version was kick ass and had better AI than the POS 9x equivalents.
I dunno, I just hope they do something besides put in a great new engine.. maybe do something about the deck-hackers on the internet. They really like to ruin everyone's fun and it pisses me off.
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
That's a bit strong!
Inappropriate use of the word acting I'd say...