WinHEC 2005 - Keynote and Day 1
by Derek Wilson & Jarred Walton on April 26, 2005 4:00 AM EST- Posted in
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More on Longhorn
With Longhorn on the horizon, one of the concerns invariably becomes preparing for the upcoming launch. No one wants to spend a lot of money on a new PC today that will become obsolete with the launch of a new OS.
Thankfully, the requirements for Longhorn drivers are now finalized. That was one of the announcements of the first day, that the Longhorn Driver Model is now complete. Microsoft provided attendees with the appropriate information on CD, as well as the basic hardware requirements. Partners can already begin preparing for the launch with the "Longhorn Ready PC" program.
The roadmap for Longhorn is already well underway. Further information and details will be given to partners over the coming months, with the Beta 1 stage coming this summer followed later in the year by the Beta 2 stage. As we talked about with XP-64, MS is planning to take some time finalizing the code for Longhorn, and the tentative release date is the end of 2006 for the client platform. That leaves them nearly a year to work from the Beta 2 stage up through the RTM (Release To Manufacturing) stage. It's tough to come up with a conspiracy for why MS would intentionally delay Longhorn, and as with XP-64 we feel that the timeline is simply meant to give them the best chance of a smooth launch.
The above timeline for Longhorn is for the client version. The server version will follow, although it could trail by as much as a year. Between now and the launch of Longhorn Server we will see several updates to the Windows 2003 Server OS. We'll see how Microsoft does in terms of executing these plans, although "Holiday 2006" is still a rather vague on release date. Don't hold your breath....
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AtaStrumf - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
OK fitten, that clears up the grammatical "errors", but what's up with the 16-bit colors? Some sort of a graphical pun?mikecel79 - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
There's a typo on page 4 in the 6th paragraph. It reads "The next example given was of SQL Server 2003". It should be "The next example given was of SQL Server 2005".There is no SQL 2003.
ukDave - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
Typo: Page 7, "Thoughts on the Longhorn Driver Model". Second paragraph, last line.'loose' should be 'lose'.
*cough* bored :P
fishbits - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
#10 I always wondered how many more people would try Linux, but were scared off by the hatred and snobbery of so many of its users.Seriously, would you personally be happier if more people moved to Linux, or would you rather they stay where they are so you can feel better hurling abuse at them?
Truder - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
I've seen this news about hybrid harddrives a few places, but I keep wondering about the nand flash on these drives.Wont it wear out relatively quick, due to the numerous rewrites, like other solid state media?
Googer - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
I wish MS would keep their nose out of hardware design. If they start messing up hardware like they do software, then I am permanently becoming a MAC user.Beenthere - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
Why would ANYONE desire to be at WinHell ??? Sombody must be into "PAIN"! From the reviews of Windoze 64 it would appear that MICROSUCKS is the best advertisement in the World for Linux.Viditor - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
"uh, "readily available" "Don't bother me with details...;-)
fitten - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
Just a follow-on:From the site: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/det...
"Merriam-Webster's Dictionary says that we can use an before an h- word that begins with an unstressed syllable. Thus, we might say an hisTORical moment, but we would say a HIStory book. Many writers would call that an affectation and prefer that we say a historical, but apparently, this choice is a matter of personal taste."
fitten - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
#2"An Historical" is grammatically correct British. American English uses "A Historical". I believe either are OK no matter where you are. Do a Google search on "grammar "an historical"" (must have the "an historical" in quotes or google will throw out the "an").
The term "Compute Cluster" has been in use for a decade in the HPC field. Compute clusters are clusters dedicated for computationally intensive tasks (rather than a render farm or a cluster for visualization, for example).