What you need to know about the next Windows
ZDNet | at | by Mike
Microsoft Longhorn is more important than you probably think. But its importance will probably take longer to emerge than Microsoft thinks. While Redmond takes its time with the next Windows, Cupertino keeps cranking out revision after revision of its flagship OS. Here's what we thought of the latest.
If Microsoft actually ships Longhorn--intended to be the company's next major OS release--in the late 2005/early 2006 time frame, it could still be 2008 before most users have it installed on their PCs.
That's what I'd guess, anyway, after chatting with Michael Cherry, ex-Microsoft developer and longtime contributor to the Directions on Microsoft newsletter. Cherry doesn't expect Longhorn until mid-2006 and says that, once it ships, it will take developers a while to do something interesting with it.