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Longhorn Preview
prostoalex writes "News.com has up a preview of Microsoft's current build of Longhorn operating system, from Jim Allchin, Microsoft group vice president. The timing is not coincidental with Apple's Tiger release, as Allchin pointed out some advantages that Microsoft had over Apple's OS: 'High on the list of features are security enhancements, improved desktop searching and organizing, and better methods for laptops to roam from one network to another.'" Update: 04/15 21:24 GMT by Z : Thomashawk wrote in to provide links to less formal looks at the Allchin preview, one at his site, and one at Evan William's site.
One of the bullet points in the PCMag article was that they want Longhorn to be the OS for the next 10 years.
The same OS for 10 years? Maybe that's how long they think it will take them to roll out all the updates?
Seriously though - in 10 years what if we have 128 bit processors? Is Microsoft going to update the code to support those? I'd like to see them try.