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Longhorn: Microsoft's OS future | |
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| Time: 12:27 EST/17:27 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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As a developer, not only do you need to look at what platforms are out there right now, but what has been available in the past and what might be in the future. The stuff in the past is important because designing an application for say Windows XP without regard for previous versions of Windows dramatically reduces your target audience when with a (usually) minimal amount of effort you can support older versions as well. | ||
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| #1 By 1868 (141.133.144.220) at 9/24/2002 12:58:09 PM |
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Bryon,
Why the second post of this article? You put one up last week with the same link, and called it the future of windows. Now maybe its not you, but Zdnet, yet its still word for word the same article. |
| #2 By 1401 (162.40.29.183) at 9/24/2002 1:24:00 PM |
| I am pretty confident that Longhorn will be a kick-a@@ operating system. The only thing I worry about is how well they put together this new file system based on Yukon technology. Might be that we have to wait until the version after Longhorn that they get it worked out. |
| #3 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 9/24/2002 3:43:51 PM |
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"Of course, this could all change in the future--who knows, in five years’ time, users may not even care what Windows 2005 is like"
I think Mr. author needs to check his calendar. If Longhorn is released by the end of 2004, that is only two years from now. If it doesn't get released till partway into 2005, that is only a litte over two years from now. In five years time, we'll be nearly to 2008. I highly doubt that in two to three years time Linux is going to do anything in the desktop space. Past history doesn't always imply future performance, but if the past tells us anything it is that the desktop is safe in the hands of Windows for a long time to come. |
| #4 By 1401 (24.74.50.234) at 9/24/2002 4:21:09 PM |
| Agreed #3 |
| #5 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 9/24/2002 7:49:47 PM |
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nom, why don't you just go away? Every time you post it lowers the perception that we have of your level of inteligence.
Name ONE that says that it's on the up and up, and it can't be funded by Apple. Now lets see, there are currently 5million OSX users, and 74million XP users, OSX came out quite a bit before XP, and was a much more major upgrade than XP was..... you do the math. |
| #6 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/24/2002 9:39:05 PM |
| 5 million OS X users? I heard it was closer to 2 million. |
| #7 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/24/2002 10:57:12 PM |
| You play your role well nom. |
| #8 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/24/2002 11:08:31 PM |
| I never said that I appreciated them. I just said that you play your role well. : - ) |
| #9 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/25/2002 12:08:51 AM |
| i wouldn't use an Imac if you paid me. OK, well, if you paid me enough, then maybe. Frankly I am disgusted with iMacs. I think Apple is mocking the computing public by saying "Aren't I cute" as opposed to "Look what I can do!". That disgusts me. |
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