Longhorn out of the Microsoft corral?
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft still has yet to deliver the second release candidate (RC2) of Windows .Net Server 2003, but that doesn't mean work on the version of Windows due in 2005, code-named Longhorn, has come to a standstill. Over the weekend, a couple of Windows enthusiast Web sites, led by Winbeta.org, posted a handful of screen shots of an alleged early version of Longhorn. Several developer sources who said they had seen previous sneak peeks of Longhorn said the posted screens looked authentic. Microsoft did not respond by press time regarding the authenticity of the screen shots.
Longhorn is still in the pre-alpha stage. Microsoft has not announced a beta-release target date. But the Redmond, Wash.-based software vendor has been demonstrating Longhorn for some of its major customers and closest third-party software developers under nondisclosure, say sources.