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Windows Longhorn Beta for June Release

Posted by Zonk on from the newer-shinier-and-with-horns dept.

An Anonymous Reader writes "According to CNET, the Windows Longhorn Beta 1 is supposedly set for release this June. The Register has commentary on the delays the new OS has faced." From the article: "Longhorn was originally supposed to ship in 2004. In May, this year release was pushed back to 2005. This week Longhorn's availability has been delayed even further, with Microsoft execs declining to say when exactly the operating system might ship, eWeek reports."

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  1. Hello? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's Longhorn? Bill Gates name for his...?

    1. Re:Hello? by savagedome · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wrong. That's micro soft.

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  2. Re:The future of Windows by Swamii · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you need some component installed, just make sure it's prereq's are there. Oh wait - this sounds a lot like Linux.

    We tried that. It was called DLL Hell.

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  3. ...please don't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If someone makes a Duke Nukem joke, I'm going to shoot myself.

    1. Re:...please don't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
      If someone makes a Duke Nukem joke, I'm going to shoot myself.
      I hear Longhorn will be required for Duke Nukem Forever.

      Oh, you said that to DISCOURAGE DNF jokes? My bad.
  4. Rumor has it... by Tuxedo+Jack · · Score: 4, Funny

    That Longhorn will ship with the full retail version of Duke Nukem Forever.

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  5. Re:Credibility by Gr8Apes · · Score: 5, Funny
    I believe they'll probably release something - the time line's too short to miss it by 4 years as they've done previously. Besides, they don't want the actual release of Tiger to have the limelight by itself, now, do they?

    Heck, Cairo was announced, what? 14 years ago? Longhorn was the new Cairo, now delayed to Blackcomb, as "Cairo" wasn't getting any more press. After all, "we're writing about Cairo again?

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  6. the register story is old by uujjj · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anyone notice that the Register story is dated September 2003? Explains how it is talking about "May this year"

  7. Re:The future of Windows by Leo+McGarry · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, for Pete's ...dude, seriously. Can't we get through one damn story without somebody making an Orwell analogy? Especially one as lame-ass as this one?

    We could solve all the world's energy problems if we could just hook Orwell's corpse up to a generator to capture all the rotational energy that's currently being wasted on postmortem outrage.

  8. Hello.jpg? Try Giver. by Seoulstriker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not so micro. Or soft. He might be the new "giver".

    * shudder *

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  9. Can't wait. :-) by AlgUSF · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet this will be the most open and secure operating system ever.

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  10. Re:Credibility by cortana · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, that also works for Debian! Sarge has been ~1 month away for... 12 months. :(