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Windows XP To Get Longhorn Technologies

Posted by michael on from the infinite-beta dept.

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?"

10 of 451 comments (clear)

  1. Wow by Mateito · · Score: 0, Troll
    XP o get longhorn technologies.

    So I'm going to have to upgrade to a 5GHz Pentium IV so XP runs efficiently?

    So what's changed?

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  2. Well, duh. by Tanktalus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't tell me anyone is surprised at this. I mean, even Bill can't believe he has such a tight control of the market that he can delay Windows updates nearly indefinitely and get away with it.

  3. Re:Article Text by Carnildo · · Score: 1, Troll

    giving props to his pals at GNAA

    Who modded this informative?

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  4. Just more junk by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Troll

    to keep wandering eyes away from Linux

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  5. Re:I want to know too! by stud9920 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because Win98 is a poorly designed, unstable, buggy excuse for an OS that probably puts Microsoft engineers themselves to shame ?

  6. Re:Historical, People Like Upgrades by wyldeone · · Score: 0, Troll
    What the the reason to upgrade to ME from 98?

    I, for one, enjoy my operating system crashing eery five minutes. That's a feature you just don't find in 98.

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  7. Re:History repeats? by slughead · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hardware accelerated desktop? OMG STOLEN FROM APPLE!
    Desktop icons? STOLEN! OH THE HUMANITY!
    Menus? HOLY LORD THAT.. oh wait that was one we stole from xerox.. yeah that was my bad, sorry

    If it was so damn bad why didn't Apple stand up in fight when they got the chance. Instead they slacked off during their law suit and got some counter-productive settlement that ended up doing nothing for Apple.

    PS: Hey Setag!
    Font card sucks!

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  8. Longhorn? How about XP technology for XP? by shanen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Okay, I also run two XP boxen. So sue me.

    In today's episode, all I would like to do is install SP2 to bring them up to date with the state-of-the-wooly-art that is supposed to be XP. Crawled all over the WindowsUpdate site, and no can do. What is easy to do is turn on automatic update so Microsoft can install and run anything they want on my machines anytime they want. No, thanks.

    Q1: Why isn't SP2 offered as a "normal" "critical" update?

    Q2: Why are they hiding it?

    <rhetorical>
    Q3: Do they think they own my computer?
    </rhetorical>

    Obviously Microsoft does think they own my computer and they they they know better than I do where they want me to go today. In response, I would say where they can go, but this is supposed to be a Web site for the whole family, so with some difficulty I shall restrain my sharp tongue.

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  9. Re:Get off the "no innovation" high horse by ErikZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought MS didn't develop NT, they bought the company that did?

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  10. Re:Get off the "no innovation" high horse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux crashes more often then NT