Microsoft's R&D investment pays off in Longhorn
crn.com | at | by Mike
Bill Gates is making sure his massive R&D investment is paying off.
At Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, executives said the company's think tank is contributing a good chunk of the realtime graphics, GUI advancements, advanced storage, ink input and collaboration technology planned for the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
Senior Vice President Rick Rashid said the company's multibillion-dollar investment in research and development has paid off with 3-D and other graphics advancements that have found their way into Longhorn's Avalon presentation services, the advanced GUI features planned for the Aero user interface shell in Longhorn and WinFS file system improvements.