MSN Plus Delayed; 'Longhorn Live' Version in the Works
Posted by Tom Warren on 05 December 2003 - 19:33 · 2 comments & 261 views
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#1 Posted by BGuillaume on 05 Dec 2003 - 20:33
- Cant wait to beta test Longhorn Live wowowowoowowowwo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanx so much for this fabulous news CreamHackered
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#2 Posted by deadmonkey on 05 Dec 2003 - 20:42
I thought Longhorn Live was gonna be like the Linux Live CDs such as Slackware Live. Now that would own!
Microsoft's MSN division has a lot on its plate.
The MSN team, like all Microsoft product units, works simultaneously on different versions of its services. The developers working on the next release of MSN, due out in early 2004, are falling a bit behind schedule. Meanwhile, the ones working on a release of MSN designed to be part of the "Longhorn" wave of products due in 2006, are pushing full-steam ahead.
Microsoft announced earlier this summer that it planned to introduce two flavors of MSN 9: MSN Premium and MSN Plus. Microsoft said in August to expect MSN Premium to go live "this winter," and MSN Plus to debut somewhat earlier, before the end of calendar 2003.
MSN execs recently told PCMag.com that MSN Premium will debut on January 8, 2004, which still falls within the "winter" timeframe. But execs confirmed to Microsoft Watch that MSN Plus is not going to ship until some time in the first quarter of 2004. The execs declined to pin a firm date on when MSN Plus will go live.
'Longhorn Live' on the Way
MSN Premium and Plus aren't the only versions of MSN in the works, however.
The MSN team is developing a release of the service that will be one of the many Microsoft products timed to be part of the Longhorn wave. The MSN 2006 service — currently code named "Longhorn Live" — will look and feel a lot more like Xbox Live than the current MSN generation, according to sources close to the company.
Features:
· Multi-Hub connections
· Minimize to tray
· /commands
· Logging
· Display Joins & Parts
· Confirm Exit
· Resume check
· Notepad
· Favorites List
· Sounds
· No Advertisments
· Disclude hidden files from share
· Non-crappy interface
· Not Visual Basic (!)
· Menubar
· Open Source
· Firewall/Router Support
· Auto-Connect
· Search Spy
· Multi-Kicking
· Away Message