Windows XP: Something's got to give
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
When Microsoft's top brass admit the company has done a less-than-stellar job of marketing its flagship operating system, something's got to give. Exactly what that "thing" will be is tough to pin down right now. Microsoft is weighing a number of options, ranging from new mechanisms to deliver functionality "out of band" before Longhorn ships, to an interim Windows release, a la Windows 95b or Windows 98 Second Edition.
A growing number of developers and customers said they would welcome such an interim release called by some "Shorthorn." Others said they would just be content for Microsoft to simply fix bugs and apply security features and hold off on another full version of Windows until Longhorn is rock-solid.