Blackcomb/Longhorn

Longhorn changes

bulletFile system based on Universal Data Store called WinFS -> Windows future storage based on Yukon database.
bulletShelf instead of Task-bar.
bulletMulti-layered Avalon user interface. (Anark technology)
bulletPalladium support.
bulletWindows Preinstallation environment (WinPE)
 
bulletLonghorn Alpha preview 2 Build 4008 (Winsupersite)
bulletLonghorn Alpha test (Winsupersite)

General information

bullet Confirmed: Longhorn will be major, innovative Windows release (25-jun-02 Wininfo)
bullet Next-gen Windows rumors heat up (WinInfo)
bullet WinHec: Longhorn slips to late 2004 (16-apr-02 WinInfo)
bullet Longhorn Windows server to offer federation, collaboration, advanced storage (27-mar-02 CRN)
bulletNew Windows could solve age-old format puzzle--at a price (13-mar-02 Cnet)
bulletMS to overhaul files for next Windows (13-mar-02 ZDNet)
bullet Microsoft tunes Windows (11-feb-02 Eweek.com)
bulletXP successor Longhorn goes SQL, P2P? (The Register)
bullet XP and beyond ? (21-jan-02 TechRepublic)
bulletWindows Longhorn faq (Winsupersite)
bulletLonghorn: Apres Whistler ? (Windows 2000 magazine)
bulletMicrosoft researchers discuss forthcoming end-user .NET functionality (5-Sep-01 InfoWorld)
bulletGartner: Blackcomb delayed, Longhorn on tab (21-Aug-01 EntOnline)
bullet Blackcomb pushed back; Longhorn on deck (25-July-01 WinInfo)
bullet Microsoft wrestles with new os (24-July-01 Eweek)
bulletMicrosoft delays Whistler Server, talks about Blackcomb (28-mar-01 CRN)

Last update : 14 February 2003