[afraidfortherepublic]

And we'll be asked to change yet again. I'm still happy with Win98, thank you very much. Works for me and happily runs my office network. The running sidebar with pictures and IMs operating while you work sounds like the current version of MSN -- my home email provider. It wouldn't be a big deal, except that older versions will no longer be supported.

[afraidfortherepublic]

FYI

[thoughtomator]

Prayers needed

[South40]

I'll stick with Linux.

[staytrue]

The sidebar, which stays visible while the PC user works in an application

F.U.M.S.

[proust]

"biggest release of this decade and the biggest since Windows 95."

Oh no :/ I'm still reeling from the win 95 rollout when Microsoft ruined the classic Stones song "Start Me Up."

[bmwcyle]

It will only increase new firewall software sales.

[NotQuiteCricket]

As a computer tech - I have to say that I'm tired of MS. I got tired with them when the produced XP and made it such a pain to fix/replace system files (dlls & ocx). I'm done with upgrading. ME sucked (the worst of both worlds unstable w/ system file protection). Win 2k is the best of breed IMO (of the MS product line).

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/jul02/0724palladiumwp.asp

Palladium has caused a lot of privacy concerns, and is the bones of their "trustworthy" computing.

I think I'm going to learn BeaOS.

[Petronski]

[Wisconsin]

This reminds me of the old joke about the man telling the woman how great sex "was going to be".

A week ago Microsoft admitted they would miss their deadline for longhorn(umpteenth admission, umpteenth delay).

So now they tell us how great it is going to be to try to keep people from switching.

[upchuck]

FYI, another thread on this same topic.

[Scenic Sounds]

Bill Gates on Monday offered the first public look at Longhorn,

A "high tech" ping to someone who understands such things. ;-)

[saint]

The company also said Longhorn would be more secure and reliable.

Well you have to give them credit for their sense of humor. But I have to ask, more secure and reliable than what?

[Strider]

Microsoft's success depends heavily on expanding the loose community of developers who produce code that runs on its operating system, rather than defecting to the rival Java community, which is supported by IBM, Sun and others.

I think MS went in the right direction with .NET for developers. I love it.

I'm betting on MS. I always do.

[SengirV]

If you want to see the future of Longhorn just look at panther -

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

[ArrogantBustard]

The next version of the ubiquitous PC software will come with a new "sidebar" running down one side of the screen.

What a steaming pile of used food. Do y'all suppose the poor user will have the option of turning the blasted "sidebar" off?

[Izzy Dunne]

Put a Panther in the ring with a Longhorn.
Beef.
It's what's for dinner.

On the other hand, have you seen Windows RG?

[So Cal Rocket]

Here's a screen shot of the next Windows software:

[Paul C. Jesup]

I am currently happy with Window 2000 Pro, but I someday plan to move to Lunix in a couple of years after it matures a little more and the SCO mess has cleared up.

[HAL9000]

The next version of the ubiquitous PC software will come with a new "sidebar" running down one side of the screen.

Typical. Microsoft must keep 57 useless widgets and doodads on the screen at all times.

[Rocky]

What I hate about Microsoft is their attitude that, once you load their software on your machine, they own you. They think they have the right to do anything in the name of protecting their software from pirating. Your personal rights are secondary. Then they have the nerve to promise you that they won't abuse their position of power; they won't use it to invade your privacy or spy on your computer activity. I don't remember the exact wording of the statement, but it sounded like Big Brother saying, "Trust me."

Signing "I accept" to their agreement is like signing your soul over to the devil. It may feel great at first to have this beautiful piece of software, but later when you realize what you've done, you can't undo it.

Somebody please pass them up. Linux, anybody. Knock them off of their pedestal.