Microsoft's (bumpy) road to Longhorn
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft's product roadmap for Longhorn has some potholes to navigate in the coming two years, according to research firm Directions on Microsoft.
It's a big bet, but the Redmond, Wash.-based software vendor likes to roll the dice, Helm said. "Microsoft takes big bets. And, with its new philosophy of delivering integrated waves of products, those bets have gotten bigger."
Office 12, the next version due no earlier than 2006, will use the Avalon user interface, the WinFS database-driven file system and the WinFX API. It may also offer development APIs that are natively accessible to applications running on the .NET framework, according to the report.