Instead, the Windows Server 2003 SP1 codebase would be used, with the most important, or most complete, Longhorn features added. Plummer retired before the course correction, but said the ...

Windows 7 was supposed to follow longhorn much earlier than it was actually released, and Longhorn was meant to be a stepping stone, like a minor update to Windows XP.

Microsoft's chairman tries to win over developers as he offers the first look at the next version of Windows, which he reiterated is the company's biggest effort since Windows 95. Gates trots out ...

Veritas Software, a leading Microsoft storage partner, said the Longhorn SDK and future Windows will allow ISVs to more easily develop end-to-end Web services solution for the mobile workforce.

Longhorn Beta 3, for example, adds a few significant features to test, including the Windows PowerShell command language interface and new server roles, including print services, Active Directory ...

Microsoft chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates formally and finally ushered Windows into the world of 64-bit computing on Monday delivering 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and ...

Microsoft Corp. made a “common-sense” decision late last month to change its original plan and make its next major Windows operating system release, code-named Longhorn, a client-only product ...