Microsoft overhauls Longhorn plans

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Then why upgrade: "By the time Longyarn comes out, there won't be any new features left."

This is the dilemma of Microsoft. They can wait and deliver a lot of new functionaliyt making it worth wile to upgrade, or they can get something out the door quickly. Whatever they do they are in trouble.

If they settle for a simple product, how do you get existing users to upgrade. Even today, 3 years after the releas of XP, there are lots of people that havn't upgraded from windows 2000 or even NT4.

As of NT4 and later Microsoft products most of the needs for the ordinary desktop user are cared for. The only thing that makes people upgrade is when products gets end of lifed an thus out of support.

If Microsoft adds lots of new features, the training costs for an upgrade will rise. And as the upgrade will not do anything to promote your business it will add to the TCO.

At the same time Linux grows stronger. Linux will typically adopt to be interoperable with existing systems. It will incorparate a lot of the features promised for the original longhorn long before we see them in windows. I'm thinking of svg based rendering engines, databaslike transactional file systems, mandatory access control,... Some of it allready in existing, some of it very likely to show up in the next generation of Linux distros in a very near future.

Then we have Apple that also grows.

The time when Microsoft could expand into new markets without competition have already ended. But the greatest problem for Microsoft is probably Microsoft, not Linux or Apple.; Posted by: uno@... Posted on: 08/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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So thier development Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

Yes, with Linux at their heels, they needed to cut to the chase. DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

So it's Windows XP- ME... hence, useless. Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/27/04

They obviously need money... Jomo_z | 08/27/04

Windows ME was a Masterpiece for Instability claytonmuhler | 08/27/04

Just show how Deceptive marketing can be voska | 08/27/04

Very deceptive CobraA1 | 08/27/04

Stable mikeybrass | 08/27/04

the new file system... ryusen | 08/27/04

Windows ME was horrible for stability voska | 08/27/04

MS needs money!? dsnyder_z | 08/27/04

They need to keep it flowing, and they need to deny Linux a critical mass. DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

Apple is the future FilledOut | 08/27/04

vapourware + cairo + osx + flash = LongYarn 2008 chiwawa | 08/27/04

Cairo ZepeDebo | 08/27/04

Wow! Cairo was OS/2 Warp 3 The King's Servant | 08/27/04

Then why upgrade uno@... | 08/27/04

Linux users are so caring Salman Pak | 08/27/04

Odd voska | 08/27/04

None? Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04

Odd CodeBubba | 08/27/04

Odd joe6pack_z | 08/28/04

What you miss... Monkey_MCSE | 08/27/04

Here is a clue for you blue! Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

Don't Forget to Prepay for Longhorn! claytonmuhler | 08/27/04

Why get obsessed? WhoIsDaMan | 08/27/04

Your loss, clueboy Chad_z | 08/27/04

You should see somebody about your issues. Salman Pak | 08/27/04

My Apologies Salman Pak | 08/27/04

OMG quietLee | 08/27/04

Let me see if I give a crap whether you use Linux joe6pack_z | 08/29/04

I use both CobraA1 | 08/27/04

Invisible Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04

do you need a $... ryusen | 08/27/04

myself included are windows users joe6pack_z | 08/29/04

GottaBeANewbie htotten | 08/27/04

Man, this is drama, this is history unfolding, this is exciting. DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

Are they not human? tic swayback | 08/27/04

German? nomorems | 08/27/04

Originally German, now common in English tic swayback | 08/27/04

Linux users are so caring Loverock Davidson | 08/27/04

Google is smoke and mirrors? DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

Do I know Google? Loverock Davidson | 08/27/04

Hey Loverock... Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

Thats it? Loverock Davidson | 08/27/04

No you dumb@ss Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

How cute Linux User Loverock Davidson | 08/27/04

RE: How cute Linux User Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

Re: Thats it? richdave | 11/21/04

Hey LoveRock Joe Frisco | 08/27/04

Hey Joe! Loverock Davidson | 08/27/04

I don't know anyone that uses linsux joe6pack_z | 08/29/04

Linux is a cult based on an OS csmac3144@... | 08/27/04

Enterprise ANALyst aka Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

Linux is a cult based on an OS CodeBubba | 08/27/04

Read young padwan learner... Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

Read young padwan learner... CodeBubba | 08/30/04

Go ahead... ECLS | 08/30/04

Here, at Zdnet, for some it fulfills an agenda to take down MS FilledOut | 08/28/04

An add-on for XP??? Jomo_z | 08/27/04

WinME was an upgrade? The King's Servant | 08/27/04

Nay The King's Servant | 08/27/04

ME? 98? 95? What's the difference? CobraA1 | 08/27/04

What's the advantage? htotten | 08/27/04

USB support DarthRidiculous | 08/27/04

Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay htotten | 08/27/04

Does Longhorn Come With Handcuffs? brenthawkinsmd | 08/27/04

Handcuffs? Unicornrider | 08/27/04

So, what's the rush? spiv | 08/27/04

Money frgough@... | 08/27/04

They all would try the same scam... Omch'Ar | 08/27/04

I drive a 1984 Toyota Celica GT The King's Servant | 08/27/04

Good taste in cars. Anton Philidor | 08/27/04

MIn octane req.is 91 The King's Servant | 08/27/04

good point... ryusen | 08/27/04

They need... htotten | 08/27/04

The rush is Linux nipping at their heels. They can not take more delays. DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

Notice the silence ... Judas I. | 08/27/04

Exactly..it's Longhorn without new FS, new api, new graphics engine, new.. Jeff Spicoli | 08/27/04

Why should I mikeybrass | 08/27/04

You obviously DO "give a stuff" ... Judas I. | 08/27/04

you seem to case enough to reply... ryusen | 08/27/04

Re: Why should I richdave | 11/21/04

The real problem.... jdickey_z | 09/03/04

Is MS at a crisis point? Ken_z | 08/27/04

Is MS at a crisis point? dpatjhh | 08/27/04

Quality, not quantity tic swayback | 08/27/04

You might be surprised Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04

yes, if you can install gentoo, the others are EASY Monkey_MCSE | 08/27/04

Even easier johnnyu | 08/27/04

You may have missed the point.. nomorems | 08/27/04

They are like a deer caught in the headlights. DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

Good Choice Harry Bardal | 08/27/04

What I heard a long time ago was ... George Jay | 08/27/04

How is it that little old Apple joe6pack_z | 08/29/04

longhorn maybe bull corn hilda4jc | 08/27/04

Cairo Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04

Wasted Money wcklein | 08/27/04

i think you make a very valid arguement... Monkey_MCSE | 08/27/04

OS Comparisons wcklein | 08/27/04

I will agree that Linux User 147560 | 08/27/04

MS is not good... nomorems | 08/27/04

Like Cairo, we will probably never see the original vision of Longhorn. DonnieBoy | 08/27/04

Longhorn stripped? Dr_Zinj | 08/27/04

Which article did you read? Anton Philidor | 08/27/04

Whatever happened to... tic swayback | 08/27/04

Please read what's written. Anton Philidor | 08/27/04

Delays tic swayback | 08/27/04

They'll deliver it.... jdickey_z | 09/03/04

And in other Microsoft news... B.O.F.H. | 08/27/04

So how many new security holes will this half baked product open up? George Mitchell | 08/27/04

new sp2 TekkWise@... | 08/27/04

I get the impression that MS skeptic tank | 08/27/04

foghorn=XP second edition DarthRidiculous | 08/27/04

Portfolio Mgr/SP2, yada, yada,yada Balyszak | 08/27/04

service pack2 asurra | 08/27/04

newest update rndawson@... | 08/27/04

Linux better? I don't know about that champs akaralia | 08/27/04

hmm . . . CobraA1 | 08/29/04

no intention to hurt akaralia | 08/30/04

XP sp2 c_ed_j_2@... | 08/27/04

What If... four-eyes_z | 08/28/04

You mean like KDE? CobraA1 | 08/29/04

You dummy!!! joe6pack_z | 08/28/04

Nuts! C'mon Apple, make OSX Intel compatable. YuridaMan | 08/29/04

RE: thecomputermechanic | 09/16/04

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