[KLUG Members] A good laugh.

[Adam Williams]

> For those who haven't seen this yet, it's good for a laugh and that's 
> about it.  I think Mr. Gates fell off the mechanical bull too many 
> times.  :op
> http://www.zolknetwork.com/windows_longhorn.php

Doesn't seem all that funny,  they have alot of really good stuff in
there.  The Linux / GNOME people have there work cut out for them. 
Note, however, that nothing is "stunning" in this list - most of it
already has Open Source "equivalents".

Windows Future Storage (WinFS) ~= GNOME-VFS & both XFSs and Reiserfs
ability to support database like queries into filesystem meta-data, and
for said filesystems to actively notify applications when said data
changes.  This is SO VERY COOL!  I wouldn't dismiss this at all,  this
WILL change the way people use computers (since often an
application/system is really just an interface to the filesystem
anyway).

New Graphics Engine & User Interface - whatever.  Don't we get a WOW new
graphics technology every third Thursday?  And most people are STILL
running cards with no 3D acceleration what-so-ever.  Who cares.

Integrated DVD Burning - Ok

WinFX & Indigo is .Net finally replacing Win32.  Despite all the noise
this is a GOOD THING.  Mono/CORBA/Bonobo are equivalents to this.  Do a
little coding in C#.  Very nice.

Security and NGSCB.  There are such a great gob of things under this
umbrella it is impossible to even discuss as a "unit".