Longhorn Ties Platform Apps to Core Operating System
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| Perhaps more than anything else, the salient feature of Longhorn is that
| the industry’s move to 64 bits allows Microsoft to overhaul its systems
| software sans the historical restriction of full legacy support.
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| “There are certain features that we’re able to do in Longhorn that
| are difficult to do in backward-compatible operating systems,” John
| Shewchuk, Microsoft architect for Longhorn’s Indigo Web services
| component, told me in a telephone conversation.
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http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=207&page=2
It has already been said that Longhorn (Server 2008) will have _all_ the same
problems as Vista, including compatibility. The "Get the Facts" ads might not
be enough to stop mass migration to Linux.
Related:
How will Windows Server 2008 fare on the compatibility front?
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| The server team is aware of the potential pain points. Windows Server
| 2008 applications that directly touch the kernel, such as security
| products, backup tools and the like, are the ones most likely to
| encounter potential compatibility issues, they acknowledge.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=499
The Pointless Office Converter Delay
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| Meanwhile, Microsoft makes big noise about interoperability. What
| kind of example does Microsoft set when the formats for its Mac
| and Windows Office suites aren't interoperable? Irreconcilable is
| the position of increased Microsoft-and-other platform
| interoperability and the decreased interoperability between
| Office file formats across two platforms.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/the_pointless_office_converter_delay.html
http://tinyurl.com/yvbdaw
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