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Story: Windows Longhorn: a first look inside the new OS

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hehehehe this is pretty funny ,, so the question is ,, what does longhorn have thats new.

Desktop search:
,, OS X has it ,, linux is going too soon with amont others beagle

64 bit support , OS X have it to some degree at least as ood as xp has now,, linux have had it for well over a yeah now and you can even choose between ppc x86_64 or sparc

new theme : ehhhhhhh yeah ,, woohoo

view the crap you delete :
see thats actually a usefull addition. OS Xor linux dont have to my knowlegde maybe kde will steal it soon or gnome.

fansy alt tab thingie not mentioned in the article,, stolen from apple.

smart folders ,, already in os x ill bet linux will have it soon ,, seems usefull.

database filesystem : unknown , will probably be in user space anyway ,, so will ressemble the functionality of desktop search unless for the developers.

OS x have the desktop search thingie and linux havent but on the other hand have heaps of cool filesystems to choose from reiser4 could maybe become a dbfs.

admin not default,,:: get real ,, this is the only way multiuser systems ever should be ,,, why did xp and previous windows version support stupidity ?

Avalon :
hmm os x will prolly have accelerated desktop gfx before longhorn is out their working on it .

Linux i dunno ,, they are a bit heavy but XGL could really kick more ass than any new gui framework .

Also the gnome boys or working on other insane things for the gui bloat lover.
seems like very nice idea though,, loved the demo from ms.

But lets face it,, it isnt gonna revolutionize guis,, just made them easier to look cool, the extended xml lang for avalon looks cool and i guess works perfectly with c# glade in linux have just been able to define guis in xml for years now

Well in the end ill guess longhorn will be a succes but mostly just because ms are damn good at selling old stuff on new cans and running damn good pr campains but then again that goes for most succesfull companies.

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