Longhorn plans cut short
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Microsoft last week faced accusations of short-changing its Software Assurance customers following its decision to strip core features from the next major Windows client operating system, codenamed Longhorn.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) had little choice but to cut features from Longhorn, its next-generation operating system, analysts and developers say.
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At long last, Microsoft has put a date on when it will release the next generation of its Windows operating system.  But the 2006 delivery of "Longhorn" will ship without the highly touted Windows File System feature, raising all sorts of questions about the future of the world's biggest software company.
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Itâs funny how circumstances can change your perception of whatâs possible. A few months ago, key Microsoft architects were telling me that it would be impossible to decouple the Avalon presentation subsystem from the Longhorn OS.
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Windows Longhorn will do away with Microsoft's approach to connecting portable devices to systems. Instead of the familiar Plug and Play, a new technology called "Plug and Play Extensions" will make its debut in Longhorn to allow businesses to regain their rightful jurisdiction over PNP devices.
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SilentChris writes &quot;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
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Blog: The software maker has put a halt to an effort by a group of developers that wanted to build an operating system on top of an early test version of the Vista predecessor.
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Microsoft&#39;s drive to Longhorn took an unexpected turn this week as the company strives to meet its deadline for the ambitious Windows revision.
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Despite the removal of an advanced file system, Longhorn will not be short on features, Jim Allchin tells CNET News.com.
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Microsoft Corp will ship the next version of Windows in 2006. To get &#39;Longhorn&#39; shipped on time, Microsoft had to sacrifice a key component of the system, called WinFS, reported China Radio International Saturday.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2004  - The next major Windows release, code-named Longhorn, is due to arrive so far into the future that many corporate users aren&#39;t particularly bothered by Microsoft Corp.
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The signs of trouble surrounding Microsoft&#39;s massive Longhorn development project have been building for months. But on Aug. 27 the software giant bowed to the inevitable.
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By cutting WinFS from Longhorn and indefinitely delaying the storage system, Microsoft Corp. has also again delayed the Microsoft Business Framework (MBF), a new Windows programming layer that is closely tied to WinFS.
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skillio writes &quot;Everyone&#39;s favorite OS maven, Bill Gates, announced a release date for Longhorn on Friday. He confirms what many had suspected - Microsoft will attempt to complete this release in calendar year 2006.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Even though Microsoft Corp.&#39;s much-anticipated Longhorn has been stripped of its unified file system and some of its other key Longhorn technologies will be available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the next
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Developers had mixed reactions to Microsoft&#39;s revamped Longhorn plans Friday, with some unhappy to see the Windows update split into pieces but others pleased with what they see as a more pragmatic approach.
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With SP2 out the door, Microsoft turns sights to Longhorn--which won't look quite as expected.