For consistent naming purposes it will be called Windows 2005.
"Microsoft had previously slated the release of the next client version of it Windows operating system (OS) for the second half of 2006. But at the Microsoft Financial Analyst Conference in Redmond, Washington, Thursday, Will Poole, senior vice president of the client division of Microsoft, said the OS would not be available until the 2006 “holiday” time frame in the U.S. "
so is the "holiday" time frame not in the second half of the year?
That's still long enough away for it to be pushed back to Q3 2007.
The software told me I needed Windows 98 or better, so I went out and bought a Mac.
From the screenshots of the Beta, lets hope it slips even further. I've never seen a more confusing, cluttered interface.
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=26945&a=156757&po=13,00.asp
Why am I not surprised? Now it'll be out after the release of Apple's OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and be even further behind.
However, I have to give MS props on the extensive beta testing. Maybe for the first time a new version of Windows will actually be usable before SP1.
Anyone know what the underpinnings are of Longhorn / Vista? Is it UNIX based or still M/S proprietary?
Why don't they call it Microsoft VaporWare or MS:VW ?
I've run Linux on boxes for several years now, but I've stayed away from the "fancy" desktops like Gnome and KDE. I finally loaded up Gnome 2.10 and was blown away at how good it was.