Ballmer memo: Longhorn response to Linux
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In the memo, Ballmer also highlighted the "Longhorn Wave of Innovation." The next major client release of Windows, Longhorn, is due in 2005, according to a road map presented by Paul Flessner, senior vice president of Microsoft's Server Platform Division, at TechEd this week.
"In addition to the Longhorn client, there will be a Longhorn version of Office, Longhorn server enhancements, Longhorn development tools and a Longhorn version of MSN," Ballmer wrote. "We will do the work and take the time required to get it right, because it truly is the next quantum leap in computing, which will put us years ahead of any other product on the market." Partners will be critical in building and supporting a broad array of applications, he said.