Longhorn beta likely to slip into 2005
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A first beta release of the next version of Windows likely will be delayed until next year because Microsoft is concentrating first on a security-focused update to Windows XP, the Redmond, Washington-based company said Thursday.
Microsoft had said it would deliver a beta version of Longhorn, code name for the next Windows release, in mid-2004. However, the test version is now expected in early 2005 because many developers working on Longhorn have been reassigned to work on Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP, a Microsoft spokesman said.