The next version of Microsoft Windows, which was formerly known as Windows Longhorn will be arriving in the second half on 2006 under the name Windows Vista.
See details here and press pass here
Personally I like the new name more, I am yet to make sense of it though...
Interesting article in Computer World today, see it here
Here's the bit I find most interesting.
"Speaking with his usual gusto to a gathering of Microsoft resellers and solutions provider partners, Ballmer took direct aim at IBM in his morning keynote, identifying Big Blue as Microsoft's Number one competitor and criticising every aspect of IBM's three-pronged strategy to provide hardware, software and services to customers.
"Does IBM have the best hardware most of the time? Ask yourself that question, I say," Ballmer said, eliciting laughter from the audience. "Does IBM have the best software? They don't even have in my personal opinion the second-best software. Do they have the best services? No, they don't have the best services. IBM's product line is the weakest it's ever been. The value [of IBM] is significantly less today than at any time in my 25 years in the business."
I think it's an interesting way of saying Microsoft does better than IBM...