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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. 1st thought: Good that it is comming... by Spoing · · Score: 5, Interesting
    '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.'

    2nd: The more time goes on, the more Windows takes on the features of unix.

    3rd: Most every OS is some form of unix at this point except for Windows.

    4th: Even Windows has a POSIX layer and unix-style command utilities for free as an add-on.

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