Thanks Vla for this unsurprising report from Paul Thurrotts fantastic news resource. Anyone hoping to see the next major release of Windows next year will be sorely disappointed, as various representatives from Microsoft revealed Tuesday morning that Windows "Longhorn" will not ship until the second half of 2004 at the earliest. The Longhorn delay revelation came on the opening day of the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle, a forum where Microsoft often discusses future directions and strategies.
The first Longhorn mention came during the keynote address, which was delivered by Jim Allchin, Group Vice President of the Platform Group at Microsoft. "Longhorn won't ship until beyond 2003," Allchin said. "We are going to synchronize a tremendous amount of technology behind that release. You'll see little pieces of those technologies throughout the show."
Mike Toutonghi, the Windows eHome Division Corporate Vice President, was a little more specific, both about the Longhorn timeline and which features we can expect in that release. Toutonghi's comments came during a Tuesday morning session about new media opportunities and challenges in the connected home. "Longhorn will ship in the second half of 2004," Toutonghi said. "It will deliver the next generation of communications and collaboration experiences, streaming audio-video (AV) functionality, integrated device connectivity, simplified networking, and tools to help Microsoft deliver on our promise of the connected home."
News source: Win Informant
The first Longhorn mention came during the keynote address, which was delivered by Jim Allchin, Group Vice President of the Platform Group at Microsoft. "Longhorn won't ship until beyond 2003," Allchin said. "We are going to synchronize a tremendous amount of technology behind that release. You'll see little pieces of those technologies throughout the show."
Mike Toutonghi, the Windows eHome Division Corporate Vice President, was a little more specific, both about the Longhorn timeline and which features we can expect in that release. Toutonghi's comments came during a Tuesday morning session about new media opportunities and challenges in the connected home. "Longhorn will ship in the second half of 2004," Toutonghi said. "It will deliver the next generation of communications and collaboration experiences, streaming audio-video (AV) functionality, integrated device connectivity, simplified networking, and tools to help Microsoft deliver on our promise of the connected home."
News source: Win Informant
Toutonghi also noted that Longhorn would include improvements in mobility, digital media and entertainment, enhanced smart displays (Mira version 2), AV streaming and concurrency, and compatibility with new TV/client adapters that will connect next generation Media Center PCs and the "connected device ecosystem," whatever that is.
Interestingly, Longhorn wasn't the only product delayed this week. Windows .NET Server, previously scheduled to ship in the last half of 2002, will now only be released to manufacturing in that time frame, and won't actually ship to customers until early 2003. And Corona, the next generation of Windows Media technologies, has been delayed until early 2003; Corona was originally due to ship in 2002.
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