Is Longhorn losing features?
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Leaked emails from Microsoft suggest that the software giant is going to cut back on a few crucial features, a Business Week report says, but I'm not quite sure I see it that way. According to the emails, for example, Microsoft will still implement the WinFS storage engine in Longhorn, but it will only work on the local system, and not across networks. Furthermore, Microsoft Office 12, which was previously going to target only Longhorn, will also work with previous Windows versions as well. I don't see these as huge retreats at all, and in fact, I think one could make an argument that we're going to be seeing a lot of Longhorn technology early, rather than late.