ZDNet UK: Longhorn and the Linux Long-Game Mar 9, 2005, 16 :45 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (6139 reads) (Other stories by Catherine Everett)
"Microsoft has said publicly that Beta 1 of Longhorn would arrive by the end of 2005, though internally, the company has been aiming for a release by the middle of this year. The final version of Longhorn is slated for the second half of 2006. But regardless of exactly when the launch finally happens, the threat from Linux on the server and client, and the quiet bleed to a thin computing model, has created some stiff challenges for the software giant, say industry watchers..."