Microsoft Preps Longhorn Blockbuster for PDC 2005

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No one was more disappointed in the Longhorn content Microsoft provided at April's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), but the software giant appears ready to make up for it this September. That's when Microsoft will host its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2005 in Los Angeles. And with a quick look at the conference tracks and sessions, you can see that it's going to be a much more exciting event than WinHEC.

Indeed, PDC 2005 appears designed specifically to right the wrongs of WinHEC 2005. Instead of the warmed over look at Internet Explorer (IE) features from Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) that we were tortured with at WinHEC, PDC 2005 will include a session on new developer features in IE 7. Longhorn, naturally, is well represented as well, with sessions on the Longhorn User Experience Guidelines, Longhorn Server, the new PeerNet P2P features, Longhorn client security features, system reliability, ClickOnce deployment, and more.

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Microsoft has launched the official page for Windows Codenamed Longhorn at the Windows Section of its website. So far, the section contains 'visionary statements' and a list of reaons why Longhorn will be better than any Windows version before it. The page is somewhat similar to the Windows XP drive in the summer of 2001, shortly before it was launched in October 2001.

An excerpt from the 'Longhorn Vision' page sums it up pretty well. "Longhorn is a powerful new version of Windows that gives people what they've told us they want: a more powerful, more reliable, and more secure experience that makes it possible for them to use their computers more confidently and effectively, connect with others, and have fun."

Visit the link provided below for a comprehensive overview of Microsoft's next version of Windows, scheduled to go into beta status later this summer.

View: Windows Longhorn Official Site