Longhorn could be tough sell for Microsoft

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Longhorn Could Be A Tough Sell

Longhorn Could Be A Tough Sell 03/30/2005 04:59 PM

News.com has a huge article this morning about Microsoft’s Windows new operating system being released next year code-named Longhorn. The article makes several points, in a nutshell, here they are. Microsoft has had so many delays with Longhorn that it’s forced them to keep updating the current Windows XP. It’s gotten to the point where XP has become the most stable of any Windows system to date. Several of the new features in Longhorn are supposedly being dropped to get the OS out the door next year. Plus several of Longhorn’s features were or will about to be implemented into Windows XP to handle security problems or feature requests.

Microsoft has handled this problem before. They’ve taken a product that is full featured and contains all the bells and whistles it can possibly contain and made normally intelligent users spend hundreds of dollars on an un-needed upgrade. They call it Office Suite. The article expects Microsoft to hit the PR road later this year and start telling it’s users why Windows XP is not good enough for you. The key will be which features they leave in Longhorn and which are taken out.

Tough sell

Tough sell 05/03/2004 12:22 PM
USA Today May 3 2004 5:17PM GMT

Be a Tough Sell

Be a Tough Sell 08/31/2004 10:10 AM
Don't buy a car until you've given it a close inspection. We'll help.

Intel May Have a Tough Sell in 'Dothan'

Intel May Have a Tough Sell in 'Dothan' 05/03/2004 06:14 PM
Internet News May 3 2004 9:39PM GMT

Bush faces tough sell (USATODAY.com)

Bush faces tough sell (USATODAY.com) 02/05/2005 10:15 PM
USATODAY.com - President Bush launched a campaign-style drive Thursday to sell a restructuring of Social Security to at least the handful of Democrats he needs to get it approved.

Intel has tough sell with optimistic
message

Intel has tough sell with optimistic
message 09/08/2004 08:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Sep 9 2004 0:42AM GMT

In Montana, Bush Faces a Tough Sell on
Social Security

In Montana, Bush Faces a Tough Sell on
Social Security 02/05/2005 09:20 PM
The president's power to grab attention was on display in Montana last week, but Social Security showed a power of its own.

With Altered Image, Bryant a Tough Sell
(Los Angeles Times)

With Altered Image, Bryant a Tough Sell
(Los Angeles Times) 09/03/2004 04:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - Before that night in the summer of 2003 when Kobe Bryant invited a 19-year-old hotel employee to his room, the Laker star belonged to select company.

Kerry's Must-Sell: Tough Foreign Policy
Emphasizing Steadiness

Kerry's Must-Sell: Tough Foreign Policy
Emphasizing Steadiness 07/28/2004 09:44 AM
John Kerry is trying to position his party as no less resolute than the Republicans but smarter, saner and more solid.

Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough
Sell Among Working Poor
(washingtonpost.com)

Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough
Sell Among Working Poor
(washingtonpost.com) 04/18/2005 02:42 PM
washingtonpost.com - Brenda Ellis's day begins at 6:30 a.m., when she rousts her 11-year-old son, Imani, from bed, hustles him into the kitchen for breakfast and to the school bus by 7. Tianna, 13, and Dikia, 17, quickly follow. Then she's off, some days to a substitute-teaching job in Prince George's County, others to tax clinics for the working poor, where she is earning credit for a hoped-for career in accounting.

Pirates Sell Longhorn Copies in Malaysia

Pirates Sell Longhorn Copies in Malaysia 12/02/2003 01:22 PM
AP via Newsday Dec 2 2003 12:13PM ET

Microsoft Penalties: Tough Enough?

Microsoft Penalties: Tough Enough? 11/04/2003 10:55 AM
The antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. is returning to the U.S. appeals court where the world's largest software company already has won significant victories since the government began investigating its business practices nearly a decade ago.

Tough for Microsoft to fix broken
Windows

Tough for Microsoft to fix broken
Windows 07/20/2004 09:25 AM
Several applications are not compatible with new security features. As a vice-president at security software leader Symantec Corp, Mr Matthew Moynahan applauds Microsoft's effort to make its Windows operating system safer from attack. But he is not so excited about the flood of help-desk calls almost certain to come when Microsoft releases a comprehensive security overhaul of Windows XP next month. His company's Norton antivirus software runs on about 100 million desktop computers.

Tough Legal Sanctions Ahead for
Microsoft?

Tough Legal Sanctions Ahead for
Microsoft? 11/05/2003 03:36 PM
Techfocus Nov 5 2003 3:21PM ET

Microsoft Talks Tough About Open Source

Microsoft Talks Tough About Open Source 05/25/2004 11:46 AM
A top official of Microsoft last week claimed that governments that support open source software are not helping build a viable software ecosystem in their communities. Chris Sharp, director for platform strategy for Microsoft in the Asia-Pacific and Greater China region, said governments that standardize on open source software are hurting their local commercial software vendor communities because these companies are being robbed of opportunities to make money that they need to invest in developing more software products.

When the Job Market Gets Tough, the
Tough Go Meta-Searching

When the Job Market Gets Tough, the
Tough Go Meta-Searching 06/19/2004 02:48 AM
Finding that perfect job in the current market is now more competitive than ever. The latest trend in online job searching is to use job meta-search engines that combine jobs from a variety of job sites on a single search results page. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2004]

Brussels faces tough choice after
Microsoft probe

Brussels faces tough choice after
Microsoft probe 11/16/2003 10:45 PM
Gulf Daily News Nov 16 2003 9:33PM ET

Emerging markets tough nuts for
Microsoft to crack

Emerging markets tough nuts for
Microsoft to crack 05/10/2004 04:23 AM
Silicon.com May 10 2004 8:40AM GMT

Tough on Terror, or Tough on Liberty?

Tough on Terror, or Tough on Liberty? 12/12/2003 10:06 PM
Reports, including this one from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on a study on the prevalence of terror-related crime hit the wire services several days ago but have received relatively little attention in broad circles. The new study, done by the TRAC research center at Syracuse University, shows that federal investigators have recommended the prosecution of an estimated 6,400 people on terrorism charges since September 11, 2001. Out of 6,400 cases, just 879 have been convicted. Of these, 184 have been convicted of "international terrorism" and the remainder for related charges. Overall, only 123 received significant sentences (over one year in prison) and only 23 were sentenced to five years or more. Also, convictions for "international terrorism" had a median duration of just 14 days, indicating that the vast majority of these convictions were for very minor crimes. The linked story quotes Charles Pena, director of a libertarian group. "It bothers me that we would round up whole bunches of people without an idea about whether they really are a terrorist . . . It certainly is valid to ask whether the whole war on terror is successful."

Microsoft Wants You to Sell It

Microsoft Wants You to Sell It 04/07/2005 01:18 PM
Wired News Apr 7 2005 5:03PM GMT

Microsoft set to sell Slate

Microsoft set to sell Slate 07/26/2004 03:33 AM
ZDNet UK Jul 26 2004 7:50AM GMT

Microsoft Trying To Sell Slate

Microsoft Trying To Sell Slate 07/23/2004 03:08 PM
It looks like Microsoft is giving up on the Slate experiment. Launched with great fanfare by Microsoft as an online magazine, it went through its disastrous attempt to charge people to subscribe (a plan that almost everyone involved admitted was a huge failure), and eventually went back to offering it's daily free content. Whenever people talk about independent online magazines, they point to Salon and Slate, and mention that while Salon seems to hang on with last minute investment after last minute investment, Slate keeps going thanks to billions in Microsoft money. That may no longer be the case. Microsoft is apparently talking with a variety of media companies about selling the online magazine. Apparently, Microsoft is looking to use the sale to do a bigger advertising deal with some media company, but if that doesn't work out, selling the whole thing isn't a problem.

Microsoft to release Longhorn in '06

Microsoft to release Longhorn in '06 08/28/2004 11:17 AM
Big News Network Aug 28 2004 2:49PM GMT

Microsoft: May expectations for Longhorn

Microsoft: May expectations for Longhorn 04/14/2004 01:16 PM
Alpha code for WinHEC?

Microsoft Clips Longhorn

Microsoft Clips Longhorn 04/09/2004 04:04 PM

Microsoft Strips Longhorn

Microsoft Strips Longhorn 08/30/2004 06:52 AM

I just don't get it. Microsoft is what the richest company in America yet they can't get key features into a product in time. The employ what 10,000 people over there in Redmond. Geez all I can say is thank goodness Windows XP is performing the way it is because I remember when they released that abortion of a operating system called Windows ME. I wonder if Longhorn will end up being like ME. [Dan Gillmor]

Tell Microsoft What You Want to See in
Longhorn Server

Tell Microsoft What You Want to See in
Longhorn Server 04/14/2004 09:01 AM
The Microsoft Windows Server team is soliciting feedback on the features users want to see in future versions of Windows Server, including the forthcoming Longhorn Server.

A Shorter Longhorn for Microsoft

A Shorter Longhorn for Microsoft 08/27/2004 11:03 PM
Business Week Aug 28 2004 3:02AM GMT

Microsoft to cut some Longhorn features

Microsoft to cut some Longhorn features 04/12/2004 04:52 PM
Core improvements will remain, a Microsoft spokesman says, but some features and functions will be trimmed so the new Windows release can make it out the door in time.

Microsoft Longhorn Update

Microsoft Longhorn Update 08/01/2004 12:25 AM
About Aug 1 2004 5:09AM GMT

Microsoft Downgrades Longhorn

Microsoft Downgrades Longhorn 04/09/2004 05:24 PM

Microsoft Windows Longhorn

Microsoft Windows Longhorn 11/02/2003 09:47 AM

Microsoft corrals changes for Longhorn

Microsoft corrals changes for Longhorn 08/27/2004 02:11 PM
With SP2 out the door, Microsoft turns sights to Longhorn--which won't look quite as expected.

Leaner Longhorn From Microsoft

Leaner Longhorn From Microsoft 12/30/2004 02:26 PM
Partners first heard whispers about Longhorn, the innovative next-generation of Windows with a completely new kernel, way back in 2002 or earlier. It was supposed to be in beta in 2003. Didn't happen. This year, Microsoft finally 'fessed up about its Longhorn travails, and in the process unveiled some significant technical compromises it would make to get the operating system out the door for its official release date of late 2006 (for the client) and late 2007 (for the server).

The compromise in question is the decision to take Longhorn to market sans its most heralded, new feature, WinFS (Windows File System). WinFS is a unified file system that would sport innovative search capabilities that make retrieving an array of desktop system file types much simpler. Apparently, developing WinFS is anything but simple, however, and certainly not easy enough to do by the first release of Longhorn. To soften the blow, Microsoft has promised to deliver two other key Longhorn components, the Web services/communications subsystem Indigo and the graphics subsystem Avalon, in the first iteration of the OS. In addition to that, Indigo and Avalon will also be released as individual components for use on existing Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 machines. The intent is to let developers and integrators at least get started with some elements of the technology, and it's a decision that many partners have applauded.

Microsoft gives more Longhorn details

Microsoft gives more Longhorn details 04/16/2005 02:44 AM
TechSpot Apr 16 2005 7:29AM GMT

Microsoft in PR Push For Longhorn

Microsoft in PR Push For Longhorn 04/15/2005 08:57 PM
Internet News Apr 16 2005 12:39AM GMT

Microsoft Longhorn Details

Microsoft Longhorn Details 04/18/2005 01:56 AM
PC Magazine Apr 18 2005 6:26AM GMT

Microsoft guts Longhorn

Microsoft guts Longhorn 08/30/2004 08:39 AM
SLEEPING SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has decided to release Longhorn in 2006, earlier than planned. However, because it is coming out earlier, Longhorn will be trimmed of some of the more innovative stuff that has been seen in earlier builds.

How Microsoft Is Clipping Longhorn

How Microsoft Is Clipping Longhorn 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
Never in its history has Microsoft (MSFT ) had to wait so long between Windows releases. When Windows XP launched in October, 2001, researcher Gartner Inc. expected the software giant to gin up a new version within two years. But Microsoft's ambitious follow-up to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn, has bogged down in delays. The company rarely discloses timelines for products, lest it miss its targets. But in copies of two e-mail messages obtained by BusinessWeek, Microsoft lays out a roadmap that shows Longhorn debuting in the first six months of 2006.

What's more, the e-mails disclose Microsoft's plans to cut some of the most far-reaching pieces of Longhorn in order to get the product shipped. For instance, Microsoft had planned to overhaul the file system, the way information is stored. The goal had been to change the way files relate to one another, so that users could quickly find documents, e-mail, and photos that have some connection to one another. It would be easy, for example, to locate not just digital photos, but e-mail from people in them. It's an enormous undertaking.
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