Microsoft plans to drop the "Home" and "Pro" tags with its next release of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
While the two streams of the product will remain, the company is also considering making the features found in today's Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC editions part of Longhorn’s core.
Although it is staying mum on many Longhorn packaging details, Microsoft representatives are willing to reveal a certain set of details about the product now that a first beta release is set to ship in the coming months and the decisions about key operating system components have been made.
For one, Microsoft has decided that the Home and Pro monikers it introduced with Windows XP to distinguish versions of the operating system meant for home and office use are not descriptive enough. There will be versions of Longhorn specifically meant for consumer and business use, but the naming will be changed.
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