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Microsoft makes strides on new Windows
Posted by AaronXP on 28 Apr 2003 - 23:20 CET
A more advanced test version of Windows XP's successor has leaked onto the Web, and it indicates that Microsoft has stepped up work to deliver the new operating system, said analysts.
The operating system, code-named Longhorn, is expected to debut late next year or early in 2005. But analysts who examined the latest test release, dubbed "Milestone 5," which leaked onto the Web last week, said Microsoft appears to be slightly ahead of schedule. The new test version is more refined than the one that leaked during the last week of February, said analysts. Now that the company has shipped Windows Server 2003, its new server operating system, Microsoft appears to be rapidly shifting development resources to Longhorn, the next major release of Windows for the desktop.
Analysts had not expected this test release until July, with public availability of the next test version--Longhorn M6--in October during Microsoft's annual developer conference. The stepped up Longhorn development efforts could make the difference between Microsoft shipping the operating system in late 2004 rather than early 2005.
Michael Cherry, an analyst with market researcher Directions on Microsoft, predicted that the best case for its release--if Microsoft maintains its current pace--would be the end of October 2004. If, however, Microsoft sticks to its average of 40 months between shipment of new Windows releases, Longhorn would debut in February 2005.
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Posted by AaronXP on 28 Apr 2003 - 23:20 CET
A more advanced test version of Windows XP's successor has leaked onto the Web, and it indicates that Microsoft has stepped up work to deliver the new operating system, said analysts.
The operating system, code-named Longhorn, is expected to debut late next year or early in 2005. But analysts who examined the latest test release, dubbed "Milestone 5," which leaked onto the Web last week, said Microsoft appears to be slightly ahead of schedule. The new test version is more refined than the one that leaked during the last week of February, said analysts. Now that the company has shipped Windows Server 2003, its new server operating system, Microsoft appears to be rapidly shifting development resources to Longhorn, the next major release of Windows for the desktop.
Analysts had not expected this test release until July, with public availability of the next test version--Longhorn M6--in October during Microsoft's annual developer conference. The stepped up Longhorn development efforts could make the difference between Microsoft shipping the operating system in late 2004 rather than early 2005.
Michael Cherry, an analyst with market researcher Directions on Microsoft, predicted that the best case for its release--if Microsoft maintains its current pace--would be the end of October 2004. If, however, Microsoft sticks to its average of 40 months between shipment of new Windows releases, Longhorn would debut in February 2005.
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