[Update] Longhorn preview at WinHEC 2005 (April)

[NetRyder]

I imagnie there would be a lot of dynamic online content that will be on offer, and so *recommending* a broadband connection for full access to all features is hardly unexpected or unneccesary these days.

Indigo.

 

[Perris Calderon]

Indigo

"Indigo" is a set of .NET technologies for building and running connected systems. It is a new breed of communications infrastructure built around the Web services architecture. Advanced Web services support in Indigo provides secure, reliable, and transacted messaging along with interoperability. Indigo's service-oriented programming model is built on the Microsoft .NET Framework and simplifies development of connected systems. Indigo unifies a broad array of distributed systems capabilities in a composable and extensible architecture, spanning transports, security systems, messaging patterns, encodings, network topologies and hosting models. Indigo will be available for Windows "Longhorn" as well as for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

 

[NetRyder]

Right. Should have mentioned that.

 

[FishBoy]

can't wait

 

[NetRyder]

Re: Longhorn release schedule updated...

I know this news is a little old, but I was looking through some stuff and realized I never posted it in here. Tom (aka creamhackered) from Neowin posted a slightly different schedule in mid-January:

If you're wondering what's happening with Longhorn and whether we'll see Longhorn at WinHEC 2005 then wonder no more.

It's not likely that we will see the first beta of Longhorn at WinHEC 2005, however, Microsoft may release a slimmed down M9 build at the conference. More on that when we hear more

As for dates:

Milestone 9 (platform complete) - 16th March 2005
Beta 1 - 25th May 2005
Beta 2 - 12th October 2005
Release Candidate 0 - 22nd February 2006
Release Candidate 1 - 12th April 2006
Release To Manufacturing - 24th May 2006

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=26665&category=main

I'm not sure how he was able to get so specific (notice the dates), but I guess we'll have to see if it turns out to be true.

 

[NetRyder]

Re: Longhorn release schedule updated...

Longhorn Beta will arrive by June

SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft is on track to release the first full test version of the next major Windows release by the end of June, a Microsoft executive told CNET News.com on Monday.

The company has said publicly that Beta 1 of Longhorn would arrive by the end of 2005, though internally, the company has been aiming for a release by midyear. The final version of Longhorn is slated for the second half of next year.

"There will be a beta 1 of Longhorn...happening in the first half of this year," John Montgomery, a director in Microsoft's developer division, said during an interview at VSLive, a conference devoted to the company's Visual Studio .Net toolkit. The release will be primarily aimed at developers, Montgomery said. "I do, however, expect that you will find IT departments starting to look at it, kick the tires, figure out what's in it and what's not in it."

Beta 1 will be the first look at Longhorn in its current form. Microsoft released a developer preview version of Windows at the Professional Developers Conference in the fall of 2003 and updated that early code last spring.

However, Longhorn has changed significantly since then, with Microsoft announcing changes in August affecting all three of the key pillars of Longhorn. Two of the components--a presentation engine called Avalon and a Web services architecture called Indigo--are being pulled out of the next Windows release so they can be offered for both Longhorn and the current generation of Windows operating systems.

The third major component, a reworking of the Windows file system known as WinFS, has been delayed past Longhorn's release and is expected to be in beta testing when Longhorn ships. It is unclear when WinFS will be integrated into Windows itself.

Microsoft has not talked a great deal about what features will be part of the beta release. Montgomery said many of the updates have to do with improving the "operational characteristics" of the operating system--basically making Windows easier to manage and more reliable. Among the changes will be a new model for drivers--the bits of code that allow Windows to work effectively with hardware add-ons such as graphic cards and peripherals.

Another improvement will come in the way businesses are able to install Windows on large numbers of machines. Today, mass deployment is done through a process known as "ghosting" an image of the operating system. An improved method will come with Longhorn, Montgomery said.

Montgomery said Microsoft is on track for two other key releases for this year. The 2005 editions of the Visual Studio programming tools and the SQL Server database are slated to get new test versions in the coming weeks, with final releases scheduled for late summer.

Earlier Monday, Microsoft said that by March, it will release an update to the preview version of Avalon. Servers and tools Chief Eric Rudder is slated to talk about Indigo on Tuesday.

Source: News.com

 

[NetRyder]

Re: [Update] Longhorn beta will arrive by June

As expected, a preview build is to be handed over to attendees at WinHEC 2005 in April. Damn, Tom's predicted schedule seems to be pretty much spot on so far.

News story posted:
http://www.osnn.net/comments.php?shownews=11803

 

[napalmnthemorning]

Thanks for the update NetRyder. It will be exciting to see a release of some kind when it gets released. I would certainly be willing to wait if they would just take whatever extra time they need to get everything intergrated properly and working at a good beta level. It sounds like the top execs are putting on the pressure to get this out.