Longhorn delays impact enterprises' Windows upgrades
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Delays in Microsoft's introduction of its Longhorn operating system could impact enterprises' plans to upgrade their Windows operating systems, an analyst told corporate users at the Gartner Data Center Conference, held this week in Las Vegas.
Tom Bittman, research vice president of Gartner, said he expects Microsoft to release its Longhorn operating system sometime between late 2006 and mid-2008, but that the release could be even further out.
Because of that delay, Bittman said he expects Microsoft to reintroduce feature packs for its Windows Server 2003 operating system, probably starting in 2004 or 2005. He said he expects at least one feature pack to be released specifically for security.