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Longhorn Returns

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This just came in via a Technet bBulletin:

"Microsoft Server Code Name "Longhorn" Beta 2
Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn" is the next-generation Windows Server operating system that will help IT professionals maximize control over their infrastructure and deliver a more secure, reliable, and robust server environment. It is available in a limited distribution that is open to all TechNet Plus subscribers."


 
Originally posted by: MadRat
200x? Seems like 2007 would be better. 200x just sounds like an OS X knockoff. 🙂 j/k
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Yeah - but it also removes the pressure of a delayed release (normal for Microsoft.) 🙂

 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Yep, that plan was announced a few weeks ago. It will be called Windows Server 200x.
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Now why can't they stick with this naming convention for the client too?
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A few years ago it was decided that client applications (for the most part) would have "friendly" names while all server software would have names including the year.
 
A few years ago it was decided that client applications (for the most part) would have "friendly" names while all server software would have names including the year.
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Vista is a friendly name? How many people actually know WTF Vista means?
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
A few years ago it was decided that client applications (for the most part) would have "friendly" names while all server software would have names including the year.
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Vista is a friendly name? How many people actually know WTF Vista means?
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It's not the meaning of the word, it's the feeling you get when you hear/say it. It's all about the marketing.
 
It's not the meaning of the word, it's the feeling you get when you hear/say it. It's all about the marketing.
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The feeling I get is annoyance, it's slightly better than XP but not by much.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
It's not the meaning of the word, it's the feeling you get when you hear/say it. It's all about the marketing.
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The feeling I get is annoyance, it's slightly better than XP but not by much.
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Judging by Microsoft's financials and market share, it's lucky for them they decided not to market their products towards you. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Originally posted by: Nothinman
It's not the meaning of the word, it's the feeling you get when you hear/say it. It's all about the marketing.
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The feeling I get is annoyance, it's slightly better than XP but not by much.
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Judging by Microsoft's financials and market share, it's lucky for them they decided not to market their products towards you. 😛
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haha Microspwned!
 
Judging by Microsoft's financials and market share, it's lucky for them they decided not to market their products towards you.
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Like they have to do any marketing anymore, everyone gets a copy of Windows whether they want it or not. I think the reason they don't want to use years in the names is because it dates the product, if XP was Windows 2002 (or whenever it was released) it puts more ephasis on just how long the time between their releases really is.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Judging by Microsoft's financials and market share, it's lucky for them they decided not to market their products towards you.
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Like they have to do any marketing anymore, everyone gets a copy of Windows whether they want it or not. I think the reason they don't want to use years in the names is because it dates the product, if XP was Windows 2002 (or whenever it was released) it puts more ephasis on just how long the time between their releases really is.
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Heh, brutal but true.

I wish they would just use version number or release year, I dont think too many people cared with 2000 (although that wasnt really a consumer targeted product). Personally I just find the ever changing names annoying.

I would be perfectly happy with:
Windows 2006 Ultimate
Windows Server 2007 Enterprise
Windows 6 Ultimate
Windows Server 6 Enterprise
etc...
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Judging by Microsoft's financials and market share, it's lucky for them they decided not to market their products towards you.
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Like they have to do any marketing anymore, everyone gets a copy of Windows whether they want it or not. I think the reason they don't want to use years in the names is because it dates the product, if XP was Windows 2002 (or whenever it was released) it puts more ephasis on just how long the time between their releases really is.
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I imagine you're right, but I know a bunch of non-technical people who used 2000 well after the release of xp without caring.
 
I imagine you're right, but I know a bunch of non-technical people who used 2000 well after the release of xp without caring.
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I know, it's not like MS mails them free upgrades after each release so I'm sure there's a lot of people out there still running whatever came on their machine. And that's the point, very few people actually buy Windows off the shelf. Most people get whatever came on their machine and live with that. If you put 2000, XP and Vista boxes right next to each other and hid any info that denotes what year it was released (copyright, etc) how many non-technical people do you think would get it right? Ruling out those who got it right by blind guessing I would say less than 25%.
 
How many non-technical people do you think would care?
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That's actually part of the point, why waste time coming up with gay names like Windows Vista when Windows 2007 will work just as well?
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Yep, that plan was announced a few weeks ago. It will be called Windows Server 200x.
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Now why can't they stick with this naming convention for the client too?
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Actually the flip side of that is Windows 2000, which should have been called Windows NT5.
Too many people thought it was the upgrade to Windows 98 when it wasn't, based solely on the name.

But yeah Vista. I mean, c'mon 'It brings clarity to your world!' :roll:
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
It's not the meaning of the word, it's the feeling you get when you hear/say it. It's all about the marketing.
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The feeling I get is annoyance, it's slightly better than XP but not by much.
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You would be annoyed by sunshine on a cloudy day you grumpy old bastard.

 
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