so what comes after windows xp?

[Crazy Fool]

So who can tell me about the next MS operating system,

I find it hard ‘googling’ as I just end up with jargon, rumors and crap!

Can someone give me the long and short of whats next after windows XP

[TiG]

I don't think next version of windows is due till 2006 (well the replacement for xp isn't)
From memory its codename is longhorn, supposed to be based on a full relational database model.

TiG

[directhex]

most of longhorn's features have been clipped - the database file system & direct3d based gui are gone, what's left is the advanced DRM

[Spunkey]

the d3d based gui is being taken out of longhorn and supposedly being released as an add-on for XP. pinch of salt optional.

[Crazy Fool]

i thought it was due rather soon, i'm it's not i quite like xp

[directhex]

2006 at the earliest

[ikonia]

they have dropped all the new gui components due to project being over due and over budget, the next release will look pretty similar to XP, although when it was designed it looked completly different, very similar to the looking glass idea.

[Crazy Fool]

are there beta's yet or is that to early?

[ikonia]

there are beta's a college of mine has one. But there is so much missing because harldy any of the main features are done. There was no new gui in the early test releases, and now there never will.

[myth]

I will have all the details for you in around seven days! I cant wait! Maximum PC mag has done a interview with microsoft and got them to show and tell all! The magazine will be at my door soon!

[Stoo]

Ahhh, good old "Shorthorn"

Basically without all the advanced features there's little point in upgrading to it.

Personally I'm not going to bother and will probably have moved over to some varient of Linux by then.

[directhex]

i was really rather excited about winfs, i'm pretty disappointed than longhorn's been butchered

[myth]

Are you shure its been deprived of its nice gui? I mean, this is microsoft! Its hard to imagin them being over budjet!

[Crazy Fool]

yeah they must be keeping an eye on there money for a while...

[directhex]

officially, avalon has been axed from longhorn, and winfs has been extremely castrated.

what's left is indigo, the DRM backbone.

[oyster]

So the next version of windows will have no advanced file system and no flashy 3D GUI?
The only new feature will be that I have to get permission from Microsoft to open my own files?

I for one definitely won't be upgrading!! Particularly seeing as I still run Win2K and am happy with it.