Hoping to steer its next-generation Windows operating system — code-named Longhorn — into the developer community, Microsoft has released previews of the software. The actual Longhorn operating system, the company’s next-generation SQL Server known as Yukon and the company’s next-generation development tools code-named Whidbey are as many as two to three years from arriving, but Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week represents a key moment as the software company seeks to win and maintain support from developers.
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UPDATE: Longhorn Exposed at Windows Developer Conference
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 30, 2003 09:11 AMHoping to steer its next-generation Windows operating system — code-named Longhorn — into the developer community, Microsoft has released previews of the software. The actual Longhorn operating system, the company’s next-generation SQL Server known as Yukon and the company’s next-generation development tools code-named Whidbey are as many as two to three years from arriving, but Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week represents a key moment as the software company seeks to win and maintain support from developers.