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LOL, Gates' dog 'n pony shows are becoming mindless drivel.
Among the features shown off were
transparent windows, animated windows that
pop open and a new taskbar on the righthand
side of the screen that displayed a clock,
buddy list, and news and other information
streamed onto the desktop via an RSS
feed.

Gee, like linux/Unix and now OSX have had for
years,/I>? That means LongHell is at least
10 years out of date! Swell!

The graphical look of Longhorn --
particularly its transparency and animated
windows -- are reminiscent of Apple's Mac OS
X.

Surprise! (Not.)

Other features, such as the thumbnail
image that pops up while users are scrolling
through a long document, appear to be all
new ideas.

Did he say "pops up?!?" Boy, there's
innovation!

Using the relational database built into
the file system, information can be viewed in
new ways, such as in "stacks" based on a
single common attribute. Although the concept
is similar to that of folders, it is more ad hoc
than the folder design and is meant to
facilitate having one piece of information in
several stacks.

Got that, boys and girls? Remember, this will
"simplify" your life... in a rat's *ss...

The graphics are powered by a new
XML-based graphics and presentation engine
known as Avalon that builds into the operating
system and expands some of Microsoft's
existing technologies like DirectX and
ClearType.

WTF?!? Why build XML in as part of the VIDEO
system? Are they insane?

The file system has already been well
described, but Gates said it will fulfill a
long-held vision of his that will pave the way
for better searching as well as ways of
grouping together e-mail, Web pages and
documents that have previously been held in
separate "silos."

"That's been a holy grail for me for some
time," Gates told developers Monday.

Um, "... long-held vision of his..." means "At
last, I can lock out all our competitors from
our file system!" "Silos" is Asperger-Boy's way
of saying "All your base are belong to us!"

Got that, boys and girls? Remember, this will
"simplify" your life... in a horse's *ss...
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no news is bad news  stephen732@... | 10/27/03
How to get feedback  FirstNLastN | 10/27/03
developer tools  tic swayback | 10/27/03
Cluless  marksashton | 10/27/03
longhorn build in your possession?  stephen732@... | 10/27/03
Some details  marksashton | 10/27/03
integration at what cost?  ryusen | 10/27/03
Ambitious Software Projects  Elsa | 10/28/03
the difference  ryusen | 10/28/03
It reminds me of the true and tried method ...  Northwolf | 10/28/03
Solid demo...  Mike Cox | 10/27/03
stop it, you're killing me  tic swayback | 10/27/03
Use Mozzila Firebird  voska | 10/27/03
I am loading Longhorn now..  Mike Cox | 10/27/03
ou should seek help now..."My wedding day pales...?"  dicktaurus@... | 10/27/03
Envy  Harry Bardal | 10/27/03
Panther Longhorn  pschroeder@... | 10/27/03
What functionality is missing?  mzarra | 10/27/03
Piles  tic swayback | 10/27/03
what ?unction is missing from Panther?  stephen732@... | 10/27/03
Panther will be all bark and no bite....  DO_z | 10/27/03
I'm feeding the trolls and I know it's wrong....  bgoss@... | 10/27/03
And by the way - the new forums SUCK  bgoss@... | 10/27/03
RE: Panther will be all bark and no bite....  Iain_Peters | 10/27/03
How to Forfeit in a Debate  Harry Bardal | 10/28/03
One answer: WinFS  AxleMunshine | 10/28/03
not enough!  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
WinFS vs. BEOSFS  billybob_z | 10/28/03
Re: WinFS vs. BEOSFS  billybob_z | 10/28/03
so in essense  ryusen | 10/28/03
Re: One answer: WinFS  middle of nowhere | 10/28/03
Solid Vapor  michael-t | 10/27/03
Gates is wrong!  screaming silence | 10/27/03
I think it is you who is wrong  pschroeder@... | 10/27/03
Uhhh....nobody buys Windows? Please...  marksashton | 10/27/03
Uhhh....nobody buys Windows? Please...  jm1956 | 10/29/03
he's right  ryusen | 10/27/03
LOL, Gates' dog 'n pony shows are becoming mindless drivel.  dicktaurus@... | 10/27/03
mmmmm....  JoeMama_z | 10/27/03
Unimpressed  mzarra | 10/27/03
Mangled the URL  mzarra | 10/27/03
I think you're confused  DO_z | 10/27/03
Nobody Needs the Long Horn  KeithRisler | 10/27/03
mmmmmmmm.....WinFS  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/27/03
Why... yes! A whole UNIVERSE of new points of failure! Cool!  dicktaurus@... | 10/27/03
Flight data recorder???  Userama | 10/27/03
Right... you only need one if you CRASH! Love it.  dicktaurus@... | 10/27/03
yea easy debuging sucks  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
Flight Data? Read: MORE M$ $pyware!  jrbeaman | 01/05/04
Behold, Foghorn  DarthRidiculous | 10/27/03
an oblique move  ONEstar | 10/27/03
The wonders of the written word  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 10/27/03
So, you love useless features, as long as the demos are "impressive."  dicktaurus@... | 10/27/03
Impressive is Overdue  Harry Bardal | 10/28/03
I'm only impressed by uniqueness...  John Le'Brecage | 10/28/03
How to know it's a winner...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/28/03
It's a winner because...  zkiwi | 10/28/03
Depends on your definition of "winner".  jrbeaman | 01/05/04
Winner  jm1956 | 10/29/03
Copies? Innovations?  jrbeaman | 01/05/04
To all nay sayers...  JoeMama_z | 10/27/03
nay sayers!!  jm1956 | 10/29/03
No Voice-Recognition? Not interested.  rhettotten@... | 10/27/03
Who wants Longhorn?  pschroeder@... | 10/27/03
big if's Peter  ryusen | 10/28/03
if's  pschroeder@... | 10/29/03
It seems like no one is actually paying attention  joseb_z | 10/27/03
Paying attention to the past.  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
like what?  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
Mainly security, and also stability  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
I have seen the reboot  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
Bad driver....  billybob_z | 10/28/03
maybe it just my MoBo  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
No further replies? Hey Joe...  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
Billy bob  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
Joe, how well does intel mobo work w/AMD?  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
I was waiting for that....  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
Spoon Jabber  doh123 | 10/28/03
To What End?  Harry Bardal | 10/28/03
Just roping in more "cattle" consumers....  Sceptical Observer | 10/28/03
yea logging is bad  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
hhuh hhuh, uuhh, you said log, hhhuh huh  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
B & B refrence on zdnet posting board?  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
Meanwhile, in the Open Source camp...  Anton Philidor | 10/28/03
Ha Ha, and we thought B&B were funny  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
Thank you!  Anton Philidor | 10/28/03
Prediction, you heard it here first!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/28/03
In the words of Metallica: "Sad but true"  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/03
I probably won't be one of them...  JoeMama_z | 10/28/03
And how does that make it good?  tic swayback | 10/28/03
good?  pschroeder@... | 10/29/03
To paraphrase H.L. Mencken  MacCanuck | 10/28/03
re:  pschroeder@... | 10/29/03
Must have hit a nerve...  MacCanuck | 10/30/03
All I want is very easy access to IO ports  Robert135 | 10/29/03
Integrated Windows Virus Utilities...Bogus!  paulredmond59 | 03/26/04

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