According to News.com, Microsoft has announced a roadmap for its next generation of servers and confirmed some dates for the next version of Windows for the desktop as well. The successor to Windows Server 2003, Longhorn Server, won’t be out until 2007 or later, says Microsoft:
“The software maker said last week that the client and server versions of Longhorn are being developed in parallel, but added later that the additional testing needed for server software would cause that version to lag behind its desktop counterpart. Microsoft has a goal of shipping Longhorn desktop by mid-2006.
Expect the usual ration of snarky commentary from the Anyone But Microsoft crowd in response to the other announcement in this story: the first Longhorn service pack (2008) and update release (2009) are already on the schedule.
Ah, what the hell, I’ll start: There’s no word on when the first Longhorn virus will be shipped.
Ed Bott 