After months of speculation, Microsoft plans to give developers their first hard look at Longhorn, the next version of Windows, in October.
The Redmond, Wash., company expects to roll out a "developers preview" of the new operating system at its professional developers conference in Los Angeles. Although it won't be a full beta, or test, version, Microsoft executives have promised it will be more than just "slideware," software that companies haven't been using and don't know when it's coming.
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