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I wonder if that's part of the reason for delaying Longhorn.
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But then again, Longhorn is suppose to be the ultimate OS. I just wonder how long before someone decides to redesign a kernel that is designed from the ground up for 64 bit systems.
Being as how many of Windows 9X kernel's instabilities came from being designed ontop of a 16 bit DOS kernel.

I don't know why Longhorn has been delayed, particularly when Microsoft has dropped features like the expanded search. With all the effort they've expended on XP SP2, it's hard to imagine they haven't learned enough about security to make Longhorn reasonably secure quickly.

Making the kernel more responsive to 64 bit computing could be an answer. They're talking about getting a 64 bit version of XP out fairly quickly, so they're developing expertise on that issue which can be applied to Longhorn.
While security is perimeter based, kernel changes have to be more substantial. I can believe that rewriting as opposed to adapting would need some time.

So the 64 and 32 bit Longhorns might come out simultaneously and Microsoft would be ready for what could be the next very significant change, requiring many upgrades. And open source might be slower to respond, keeping Microsoft ahead.

You may well be right about what's going on.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 05/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Competition from Linux / OpenOffice forced this.  DonnieBoy | 05/25/04
Half a loaf  IT_User | 05/25/04
Curious...  Anton Philidor | 05/25/04
Answer...  IT_User | 05/25/04
That's understandable but..  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
Agree completely  IT_User | 05/25/04
Strategy  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
What makes it a "pain point"?  Anton Philidor | 05/25/04
In truth, I don't know  IT_User | 05/25/04
i hope you are right,  ryusen | 05/25/04
i hope you are right  beepster | 05/26/04
re: beepster  ryusen | 05/26/04
Good point, since when did MS support anything.  DonnieBoy | 05/25/04
Your loaf half full?  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
Don't you think they would like multiple billions instead?  IT_User | 05/25/04
I'm still not sure of your point?  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
Look at it this way  IT_User | 05/25/04
Now I get you. Thanks. (NT)  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
The timing is not a coincidence  Anton Philidor | 05/26/04
Considering the old standard  nucrash | 05/26/04
I wonder if that's part of the reason for delaying Longhorn.  Anton Philidor | 05/26/04
But the truth of the matter is.  nucrash | 05/26/04
This "feature" will go over big  Chad_z | 05/25/04
It didn't say "automatically"  rapson | 05/25/04
Really Anti-competition move  voiceofreason_z | 05/25/04
you know nothing about windows security do you?  JoeMama_z | 05/25/04
Oxymoron  IT_User | 05/25/04
you are soooo clever.  JoeMama_z | 05/25/04
Good, will my "Win2K only for games" PC support DirectX 10?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/25/04
Um, I must be out of the loop...  Confused by religion | 05/25/04
its microsofts fault!!!!  JoeMama_z | 05/25/04
Win2K is not a good OS for games  hermann@... | 05/26/04
How's the security check supposed to work?  Anton Philidor | 05/25/04
Keyrack! Another long ball.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/04
Go Team!  tic swayback | 05/25/04
Personally...  ryusen | 05/25/04
Proves that real competition is good.  Plain Logic | 05/25/04
too little too late  pcss | 05/25/04
what i see  ryusen | 05/25/04
In response to this part of your statement...  Confused by religion | 05/25/04
to clarify:  ryusen | 05/25/04
support?  Louis Ross Focke | 05/26/04
What choice do they have?  Richard Flude | 05/25/04
Strange  gerry.sullivan@... | 05/25/04
You're all missing the hidden truth.  agent469@... | 05/25/04
Nothing new  dj_45_cal | 05/26/04
Support without becoming a monopoly  swgoldwire | 05/25/04
Longer Support  LeeR_z | 05/25/04
Yawn...  Confused by religion | 05/25/04
Steal code from Linux???  dj_45_cal | 05/26/04
Umm.. according to the GPL...  nucrash | 05/26/04
gpl and  Louis Ross Focke | 05/26/04
You're right!!!  dj_45_cal | 05/26/04
It's open...  LongShipUser | 05/26/04
being open,  ryusen | 05/26/04
what about Win 95, 98, 2000 and NT?  visormiser1 | 05/25/04
RE: Win 95 & Win 98  hermann@... | 05/26/04
Longer support???  stan-wells@... | 05/26/04
98 ain't dead  johnj83 | 05/26/04
Yea, right......  DBaker102 | 05/26/04

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