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 believe Microsoft to be in decline now, with the torch being passed to Amiga and Apple. I believe we've seen the last of Microsoft's big-selling products, and that corporatism kills most of the creative chances Longhorn could have (or have had).
I see posts about Microsoft Longhorn quite a bit--especially at OSNews, but also elsewhere--and the articles always strike me as 'desperate', like its a 'don't forget me, I'm hurrying' kind of campaign. They seem rushed, and scrambling to get out the door, and it just does not seem like those behind the new OS are genuine anymore, but are struggling to get it done and advertise it ahead of time so people don't move to other OSes. If I had to guess, I'd say it was all motivated out of fear--fear that they were losing ground day by day. And I believe they are.
Astrologically, Microsoft's days as a dominance is numbered, just like IBM's was back in the day. Every so often another comes to replace the big company. I think we'll see two next time, fighting it out in a co-opetitive way, like Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola. 'The Big Two: Apple and Amiga'. Don't believe me, just wait and watch. Already, Apple rises. Some will find it difficult to believe Amiga could ever do that, but that's just what it's going to do. It was always destiny. Prophetic, even. A fine intuition that hasn't ever waivered in the vision, even if those that saw the vision did so a time or two.
If Microsoft were at least wiser than they were with the last Windows, they would keep the tagname 'Longhorn' as the name of the OS, and drop 'Windows'. At least that would be new. ;-)
Linux has gained a significant foothold, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I used to see the forerunner as RedHat, but now I see it as Novell's SUSE distro (among the others). There are well over 300 different distributions of Linux; I was amazed at the number of them (or 'it').
--EyeAm
"General, our scanners have been recalibrated three times, and the signals are not wrong. We have movement under the ashes."