WinHEC: Longhorn Slips to Late 2004
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Anyone hoping to see the next major release of Windows next year will be sorely disappointed, as various representatives from Microsoft revealed Tuesday morning that Windows "Longhorn" will not ship until the second half of 2004 at the earliest. The Longhorn delay revelation came on the opening day of the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle, a forum where Microsoft often discusses future directions and strategies.
Toutonghi also noted that Longhorn would include improvements in mobility, digital media and entertainment, enhanced smart displays (Mira version 2), AV streaming and concurrency, and compatibility with new TV/client adapters that will connect next generation Media Center PCs and the "connected device ecosystem," whatever that is.
Interestingly, Longhorn wasn't the only product delayed this week. Windows .NET Server, previously scheduled to ship in the last half of 2002, will now only be released to manufacturing in that time frame, and won't actually ship to customers until early 2003. And Corona, the next generation of Windows Media technologies, has been delayed until early 2003; Corona was originally due to ship in 2002.