A Shorter Longhorn for Microsoft
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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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Microsoft today announced a significant change in plans for the next major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn. The new WinFS storage subsystem will not be part of it, as had been previously planned.
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By scaling back, company hopes to hit a 2006 release. Microsoft Corp. is dropping a highly touted new feature from its plans for the next generation of Windows -- scaling back ambitions for its biggest product
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In June, I wrote a short series on Microsoft&#39;s next major operating system release, codenamed Longhorn. I raved about the much-anticipated WinFS file system that was supposed to replace the existing file system with a more robust SQL-based version.
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Few major changes in hardware and software are expected until 2006, experts say.
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Microsoft&#39;s announcements about Longhorn marked the first concrete launch dates for Longhorn that Microsoft has provided. Industry observers have been estimating a release at the end of 2005 or beginning of 2006.
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WASHINGTON : Microsoft said it plans to broadly release the long-awaited update to its flagship Windows operating system, dubbed &quot;Longhorn,&quot; in 2006.
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Windows beats Linux in total cost of 'ownership.' Hold on, that's not a good thing.
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Linux's server growth is slowing vis-a-vis Windows server growth.  The reasons are several.  The answer is clear: take on Microsoft directly.
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Ziff Davis - With Linux making an attractive alternative, Microsoft moved to scale down the size and the security holes of its operating system. The result? A retail-focused OS that is one-tenth the size.
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Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) on Friday made official its plans to release its next Windows upgrade in 2006, although the software will be missing one of its key features.
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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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As Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 signals the new operating system is nearing its release, Microsoft is still hard at work on the next version of Windows Server, still code-named "Longhorn." The company over the weekend released an August CTP.
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It may be missing a few features, but the OS will be worth the upgrade, Microsoft says.
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Strange that it should take so long for something like this to happen. After all, it&#39;s been years since those of us using Microsoft&#39;s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows OS have had to put up
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Nearly three years have passed since Microsoft Corp. released the last full version of Windows, the Redmond company&#39;s most important and profitable product.
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Microsoft is in a throw-it-off-the-train state of mind these days in regard to its Windows operating system features. It&#39;s announced that Longhorn will ship by 2006 -- but without its much-ballyhooed WinFS subsystem.