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Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista
Cheat Sheet Well, Bill Gates' vision for a true next-generation operating system has been scaled down somewhat in the final version of Vista and some of those promised features will not now appear until the next version of Windows, codenamed Blackcomb. [28 Nov 2006]
Windows Vista Beta 2 Review: Part 1 - The Big Picture
White Paper Previously, one had been told that a major Windows release, dubbed Blackcomb, was to have succeeded XP. Microsoft began planning the successor to Windows XP in 2001, four months before it even shipped XP to the public. [16 Nov 2006]
Vista's successor gets new code name
News Vienna, once labelled Blackcomb, is the new code-name for the successor to Vista. Microsoft said in a statement: "The 'Blackcomb' code name has been changed to 'Vienna' but we do not have any other details to share on timing or focus. [23 Jan 2006]
Microsoft pencils in scaled down Longhorn for 2006
News Microsoft plans to cut features from Longhorn and roll them into a future release of Windows, code-named Blackcomb, Jim Allchin, VP of Microsoft's platform group, told silicon.com's sister site CNET News.com last month. [13 Apr 2004]
Microsoft to emulate open source updates
News The new approach means enhancements to Windows Server 2003 can be made before the release of the next version of Microsoft's server operating system, code-named Blackcomb, in a few years. When Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 next month, many... [26 Mar 2003]
Psst... Want a sneak preview of the new Windows?
News Blackcomb, the code-name for the next version of Windows Server, isn't expected before 2006. So is this going to be an add-on to Windows Server 2003 or will businesses have to wait for Blackcomb? The leaked version of the new desktop operating... [04 Mar 2003]
Microsoft delays .Net Server release - again
News Windows .Net Server 2003's successor, code-named Blackcomb, is not expected until 2005 or 2006. At one point, Microsoft even considered scrapping both Longhorn releases and going straight to Blackcomb, sources familiar with the company's product... [19 Nov 2002]
Microsoft delays server OS plans
News A Microsoft representative on Tuesday confirmed that the next release of the company's server software "would follow the release of Windows.Net Server," yet essentially skip a generation to focus on the next version of Windows, code-named... [13 Nov 2002]
