OT- Longhorn

[dogscoff]

I'd rather they fixed their old products before trying to sell us new ones.

A system that bloated will inevitably be just full of holes for hackers to exploit... *shudder*

As for this palladium, I've heard that it ties in with gov plans to install backdoors into all legitimate crypto- or to put it another way, to make crypto illegal if you don't hand the government your keys. If that's the case case then it's yet another erosion of civil liberties. Don't like it.

*dogscoff really will get round to installing linux one of these days.

[rdouglass]

Frequently competitors/disgruntled employees/whatever release 'mis-information' about MS (or anyone else for that matter) and IMO the source (MicroSoft Watch) has about as much integrity as the National Enquirer. Remember, anyone can put anything they want when they say it comes from 'a reliable source'.

Now if the hardware specs started with 3+ GHz processor (what the high end is today), then it would be a little more believable. MS is already well aware of the user opinions about their hardware requirements. Yes, MS has always 'upped-the-ante' with each new OS, but this is a little far out.

Watch for MS' response soon....

[Dragonswrd]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
As for this palladium, I've heard that it ties in with gov plans to install backdoors into all legitimate crypto- or to put it another way, to make crypto illegal if you don't hand the government your keys. If that's the case case then it's yet another erosion of civil liberties. Don't like it.

The only reason the government keeps taking away our rights is because the majority of the poeple don't care. After 9/11, I read about some people that were arrested because they had an anti-Bush poster on their wall. That was it. So when did freedom of speach disappear?

[PvK]

The "Patriot Act" was when the largest chunk of your freedom in recent memory went away.

PvK

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by aiken:
This monster will never occupy my computer. Too much eyecandy IMHO.

eyecandy? Have you seen screenshots or something? I have not managed to find any screenshots.

If you did manage to find screenshots could you post a link? I'm curious to see what the UI looks like.

Cheers!

[Aiken]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by aiken:
This monster will never occupy my computer. Too much eyecandy IMHO.

eyecandy? Have you seen screenshots or something? I have not managed to find any screenshots.

If you did manage to find screenshots could you post a link? I'm curious to see what the UI looks like.

Cheers!

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http://winsupersite.com/longhorn/
The most complete source of news and rumors about Windoze Longhorror, in the meantime.

[solops]

Originally posted by PvK:
The "Patriot Act" was when the largest chunk of your freedom in recent memory went away.

PvK

Truth.