Users enjoying breather between Windows XP and Longhorn
ENT News | at | by Mike
It's never taken Microsoft longer than three years (give or take a few months) to deliver a new version of its business-class operating system. And when Redmond ships its Longhorn operating environment sometime in 2006, more or less than three years will have elapsed since the software giant delivered Windows Server 2003.
When Longhorn finally does appear, however, there could be as much as a five year span between it and Windows XP Professional, Microsoft's last business-class operating client. And that's unprecedented in Microsoft's history.