Microsoft Announces 2006 Target Date for Broad Availability Of Windows "Longhorn" Client Operating System

Windows WinFX Developer Technologies Will Be Made Available For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

REDMOND, Wash. -- Aug. 27, 2004 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced it will target broad availability of the Windows® client operating system code-named "Longhorn" in 2006, and make key elements of the Windows WinFXTM developer platform in "Longhorn" available for Windows XP and Windows ServerTM 2003.

"Longhorn" will deliver major improvements in user productivity, important new capabilities for software developers, and significant advancements in security, deployment and reliability.

"Getting 'Longhorn' to customers in 2006 will provide important advances in performance, security and reliability, and will help accelerate the creation of exciting new applications by developers across the industry," said Bill Gates, chairman and chief software

Microsoft will deliver a Windows storage subsystem, code-named "WinFS," after the "Longhorn" release. The new storage system provides advanced data organization and management capabilities and will be in beta testing when the "Longhorn" client becomes available.

"We’ve heard loud and clear from customers that they want improved productivity, easier deployment, increased reliability and enhanced security, as well as the many innovations we’ve been working on. We’ve had to make some trade-offs to deliver the features corporate customers, consumers and OEMs are asking for in a reasonable time frame," said Jim Allchin, group vice president of the Platforms Group at Microsoft. "Our long-term vision for the Windows platform remains the same."

"The announcements Microsoft is making today will accelerate our adoption of 'Longhorn.' We expect to see significant business benefits from improving productivity, higher security and the overall focus on fundamentals," said Jeff Truax, director of IT for Frontier Airlines Inc.

At a meeting today with several hundred of the company’s top developer evangelists from around the world, Microsoft also announced that the Windows WinFX developer technologies, including the new presentation subsystem code-named "Avalon" and the new communication subsystem code-named Indigo, will be made available for Microsoft® Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in 2006. This availability will expand the scope of opportunity for developers by enabling them to write applications that can run on hundreds of millions of PCs, resulting in enhanced experiences for users of those operating systems.

"'Avalon' and 'Indigo' will allow us to build some exciting applications for our design and life-cycle management customers. Making 'Avalon' and 'Indigo' available on Windows XP as well as 'Longhorn' will allow us to think about exploiting these technologies sooner," said Scott Borduin, chief technology officer of Autodesk Inc.

"Bringing the core of the new WinFX platform down to Windows XP and Windows 2003 will allow WinFX applications to target a much larger installed base, making it a much more attractive platform for our education software," said Leslie House, vice president of Vivendi Universal Games’ Knowledge Adventure Studio.

"Avalon" is the graphics subsystem that will enable developers to build applications that provide breakthrough user experiences.

"Indigo" is a new approach to building and running connected systems built from the ground up around a Web services-oriented architecture. The advanced Web services support in "Indigo" will enable more secure, reliable and transacted messaging and greater interoperability.

Today’s announcements relate only to the "Longhorn" client operating system. Anticipated availability for the Windows "Longhorn" Server operating system continues to be 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...rget2006PR.asp

P.S. Mir ist die Originalversion lieber als die bei Heise & Co.

Viele Grüße
Dieter

Sounds good but still a long time away!

tönt nicht schlecht, aber habe ein Beta am laufen die ist sehr lahm und träge, aber sonst cool ... naja halt eine beta version, wegen der Temp.

Es gibt keine Beta von Longhorn aber div. Alpha-Versionen. Diese sind wie du schon erwähnt hast sehr träge und ohne spezielle features.

okey dann ist es halt eine Alpha Version - habe sie von einem MCT gekriegt

mehr Infos auf Pauls Seite:

http://www.winsupersite.com/longhorn/

P.S. Die erste Beta war für Sommer 2004 versprochen, wird sich aber auf 2005 verschieben.

Originalaussage von Microsoft Group Vice President Jim Allchin:

Allchin reiterated that Longhorn Beta 1 will ship in 2005, and demonstrated some exciting Longhorn capabilities using recent builds (4067 and 4069) of the alpha version operating system, highlighting capabilities such as the Avalon 3D subsystem and the Indigo communications subsystem.

Na dann wollen wir die Gerüchteküche wieder einmal anheizen:

Laut Paul Thurrott, der in der vergangen Woche die Möglichkeit hatte, einen Blick auf Microsoft's internen Zeitplan zu werfen, soll langsam wieder Bewegung in Longhorn kommen. Nachdem innerhalb der vergangenen Monate der Starttermin immer wieder nach hinten verschoben wurde, soll es jetzt erstmals konkrete Pläne geben.

Die erste, lang erwartete Beta-Version von Windows Codename "Longhorn" soll am 16. Februar 2005 an die Betatester ausgegeben werden. Longhorn selber, oder auch Windows 2006 genannt, soll mit der nächsten Version von Microsoft Office, Office 12, am 22. Mai 2006 starten.

Auch wenn wir alle inzwischen Microsoft kennen und schon oft solche Termine gehört haben, scheinen diese Termine wirklich ernst gemeint, da laut Paul Thurrott, diese Starttermine seit mehr als einem Jahr bereits internet feststehen.

Quelle:
http://www.winfuture.de/news,17143.html

Mein Kommentar (muss sein):
Ich weiss nicht genau wann Longhorn kommt, aber der 22. Mai 2006 wird es sicherlich nicht sein!

Im Statement fehlt glaub ich noch folgender Satz:

"We’ve heard loud and clear from manufacturers that they want more memory consumation, higher cpu utilization and a greater loss of harddisk space from Windows "Longhorn".



Ob ein 3D-Desktop wirklich die Produktivität steigert?

Das kann ich so noch nicht beantworten, bin noch am ausprobieren:
http://informatikboard.ch/showthread...&threadid=4646

bis bald
Kermit

Gespannt bin ich allemal!