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New MS Shell Will Not Be In Longhorn

Posted by Zonk on from the so-close dept.

sootman writes "Remember that new Windows shell? Looks like it'll be yet another technology that won't make it into Longhorn. 'It will take three to five years to fully develop and deliver,' said Microsoft Senior Vice President Bob Muglia this week at Tech Ed 2005. However, it's not dead yet--despite not shipping in Longhorn in 2006 or Longhorn Server in 2007, the article says 'Exchange 12 administration functions will be built atop Monad, which would enable users to do everything from the command line that can be done from the graphical interface.'"

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  1. What will? by udderly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe MS could just make it easier by letting us know what actually *will* make it into Longhorn...

    1. Re:What will? by One+Louder · · Score: 5, Funny


      My understanding is that Longhorn is no longer in Longhorn.

  2. This just in! by ClownsScareMe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Redmond, WA

    Microsoft (TM) announced to day that it's new graphical user interface, code-named Avalon (TM) will not ship with Longhorn (TM), it's next operating system. However, Avalon with be an integral part of Windows 2010.

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  3. Chicken shits! I *knew* it! by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


    Microsoft just doesn't have the Monads...

    ^_^

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  4. I for one, by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    welcome our new longhorn overl - what? Oh nevermind, they're not here yet.

  5. Re:What will be will be... by Skiron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe MS could just make it easier by letting us know what actually *will* make it into Longhorn...

    The usual... trojans, worms, clippy...

  6. Wow... by shadowmatter · · Score: 4, Funny

    With all the features being removed, and the release date getting pushed farther and farther back, Longhorn will end up as nothing more than an expansion pack for Duke Nukem Forever!

    - shadowmatter

  7. Re:So... by Tweak232 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The RSOD ;-)

  8. I'm just waiting for this headline: by alvinrod · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Today Microsoft announced that it's new operation system, Longhorn, will not contain Longhorn."

    What the hell is still in Longhorn?

  9. What's next? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The next thing that Microsoft will announce is that Longhorn won't run on the new Mac-Intel machines.

  10. Re:Well.. by someguy456 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "which would enable users to do everything from the command line that can be done from the graphical interface"

    I'll belive it when I see it

    Sure, see it here, now

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  11. Why? by wertarbyte · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why does it take so long to compile Cygwin and Bash for Windows?

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  12. Let's try making a list! by rbarreira · · Score: 5, Funny

    People, let's try making a list of that which we do know that (for now at least) will be in Longhorn. Each person who replies just has to copy paste the previous list and add his content :P

    Let me start with:

    * RSOD (red screens of death)
    * Dropping the prefix "My" from "My computer", "My network places", etc

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  13. Re:Inquiring minds want to know! by Ucklak · · Score: 4, Funny

    XP was to Win2K what Win98 was to Win95.

    I'm thinking WinME = Longhorn.

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