Comments on: Allchin: Don't call it 'Shorthorn'

Despite the removal of WinFS, Longhorn will not be short on features, Windows chief Jim Allchin tells CNET News.com.

[tbeckner]

Not Shorthorn, just BOTTOM-LINE.

The decision to pull improvements from Longhorn is to improve the Bottom-Line. I would rather pay Microsoft a yearly fee for improvements than pay for an upgrade on a short upgrade cycle, which is the real pain. A six or seven year cycle is better, than a four year cycle, especially since XP just became secure and stable.

[mvora]

XP

XP became secure and stable? When?

"Features" not necessarily a good thing

Programmers are always touting "features" and I'm sure
longhorn will be chock-full of new features - but will many of
these even be useful to users? I'm sure most windows users
would be more happy with a solid, well running operating
system than a bunch of new features that really only exist for
the sake of the marketing department or a "because we could do
it" programming mentality.

[SteveMay]

Highest Quality OS?

The Highest Quality OS is Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and will soon
be 10.4 Tiger. The Holy Grail of searching? That would be
Apple Spotlight. The Avalon User interface? Try Quartz
Extreme, hardware accelerated years ago. Why talk about it?
Windows is years behind and by the release of Longhorn, still
will be.

Highest Quality OS?

"Windows is years behind and by the release of Longhorn, still
will be."

Steve, don't you mean Shorthorn?

[A.Sinic]

This Apple stuff sounds great

When can I have it on industry-standard competitively priced hardware? :-)

[SteveMay]

Security

Saying the phrase "Windows Security" is like saying "Efficient
Government" or "Military Intelligence". These are called
oxymorons. Want a secure PC? Don't try Service Pack 2. Try a
new OS.

[deanwaterman]

Longhorn/Shorthorn... Time to Switch to Mac!

I was a loyal Windows user for years, and finally got fed up with
virus', corrupt files, crashes, errors and the blue screen of death.
And, using my computer was BORING! Should it be? Well, check
out a Mac and you will never be bored again. Using a computer
is fun again! I love it. And yes, YOU CAN USE WINDOWS BASED
SOFTWARE ON A MAC. And do much more than you ever could
on a PC. Everything clicks on a Mac. Why wait for Longhorn
when you can have Mac OS X Panther (and the new Tiger in 05')
that runs circles around The "NEW" OS from Microsoft. While Bill
Gates waits to please the 90% of the people who are on their
PC's, those who use Mac's are doing much more than Windows
users ever will. Make the switch and never look at the computer
the same wa

[simcity1976]

Mac is more of a monopoly

Mac's are just wrong, you got to buy there system to use there OS. That's just plain wrong.

[rkhalloran]

Rush to release for SA clients

All those corp's that signed up for Software Assurance expected a 'bundled' upgrade by '06; if not, what did they pay for? And asking around *that* question could prompt interest from the PHBs in the Dreaded L-word O/S where the upgrades are on *your* terms instead of Redmond's.

So Allchin had to have *something* out the door or risk losing (more) business to The Penguin...