in a press release, microsoft has outlined its pledge to introduce its next operating system 'longhorn' to the public by 2006, its promising some of its features will be intergrated in to windows xp and windows server 2003.
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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.
"Weââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢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 weââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ve been working on. Weââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢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."
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source: microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...rget2006PR.asp
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