Linked by Anthony Barboza on Mon 2nd May 2005 06:30 UTC
So, with WinHEC coming to a close, the biggest talk was of course the newest release of Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Codename Longhorn, now at build 5048. With nearly one year since the previous release (build 4074) build 5048 sports some new features and lacks some others. Recently, the talk was centered around the lack of WinFS, the new futuristic Windows File system. However, we'll get to all that a little later.
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"I have to admit that Apple, needs to be worried. Longhorn doesn't even have a name yet, but it's by far the most promising thing to come out of Redmond in quite a while"
This had me dumbfounded, I admit it. Apple needs to be worried? That brought a picture of Steve cowering behind his chair in Cupertino. Somehow I don't see that happening overnight.
I will readily admit that Windows does have some strengths in corporate environments, but OTOH, I haven't seen OS X Server, so I wouldn't know that Apple hasn't actually addressed them.
I'm also not impressed by the author stating Apple needs to be worried over an OS that has dropped key features, which Apple hasn't done, and which won't be published for another year [if they manage to make the deadline, for which there are NO guarantees]. As stated earlier, by the time Longhorn, or whatever the Redmond spinmeisters will call it by then [which is pretty useless by now since the mind frame is to call it Longhorn. This thing will be forever called Longhorn, no matter how much the preppy marketdroids are going to pout about it], Apple will be on the way to the next release. If they build new functionality to support the corporate environment, it could become a real threat to Redmond, not the other way around.
If Steve read this review I think he won't have been able to suppress a little smile around the corners of his mouth. Afraid indeed.