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Longhorn: No promises
``Ballmer said Longhorn represents a large "step function" in invention which would be disruptive for companies and partners, but that periods of intense innovation, followed by incremental improvements, were the nature of the software industry.''

Yes, indeed, it is a revolutionary step forward compared to current MS offerings. This time they spent 2 1/2 hours more in designing the `security' infrastructure and 10^6 more hours in designing the 3-D GUI (that may ... not be there).

Now they are only putting the final touches in the new query based file system that it has been in the back of Billy's head since win nt3.51. Unfortunately the final touches went to the IDEAS and not to any tangible R/D.

Why on Earth does it TAKE them SO LONG to implement an OPERATING SYSTEM? They are NOT inventing anything, they only need to sit down and DO the work! By the time the longhorn is out (if ever) UNIX will have evolved one more generation and Linux two or three.

But again, it took them 20+ years to finaly get a PC os right... so no surprises here.

Maybe they've just given up even generating future vaporware promises. They must feel really down over there.

-m
Posted by: michael-t   Posted on: 07/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Exscuses  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
Excuses  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/04
Yet you complain about price  Biggs_z | 07/14/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
Do the honorable thing  seosamh_z | 07/14/04
Right  Jeff Spicoli | 07/14/04
Sounds like a wonderful  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
It'll still take the same number of man hours  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Actually, it doesn't  IT_User | 07/14/04
I think that was what I was trying to get at  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Small correction  michael-t | 07/14/04
MONTH  IT_User | 07/15/04
NO!  michael-t | 07/14/04
Lemme see, they've 90% NET margins  mvaar | 07/14/04
I wonder if...  Yen_z | 07/14/04
The way I heard it  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
There are a lot of reports to that effect.  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/04
Whatever you cannot defeat  michael-t | 07/14/04
UNIX on windows  michael-t | 07/14/04
They are waiting...  rbochan | 07/14/04
Adding more programmers to a late project, makes it even later.  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
So IBM thought too in 1969  michael-t | 07/14/04
Even more painful ?  mvaar | 07/14/04
So much for Software Assurance  robertlelonek@... | 07/14/04
A good idea  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
I NEED THE SOFTWARE...  Mike Cox | 07/14/04
9.4..... My kids love you Mike and my ex wants to have your baby  Squawkbox | 07/14/04
Hey Mikey  TWRX | 07/14/04
All the kings money and all the kings men couldn't put Windows together aga  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
the good and the bad:  ryusen | 07/14/04
But you know they can't do that  IT_User | 07/15/04
Longhorn: No promises  michael-t | 07/14/04

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