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RE: Windows Codename Longhorn - Really revolutionary?
IMO, Longhorn will be a revolutionary OS. It's being coded from scratch, which I think it will be great because they can make a good design, since the begining. NTFS will still be the main native filesystem of Longhorn. WinFS is only like a virtual filesystem, a layer between the real NTFS filesystem and some files and folders (as long as I know, only some folders and their files and subfolders will be in WinFS, like My documments, Program files and few more). Longhorn will have (the same as XP) 2 versions: one for 32-bits systems and other for 64 bits. M$ can't make only one version. There are and there will be from now to the release of Longhorm, lots of computers based on the x86 architecture (32 bits) and M$ has to give support for them. They can't stay with WinXP and for M$ is quite easy to create a 32 bit version of Longhorm.
From my point of view, the release of Longhorm will mark a before and an after in the OSes history, comparable with the releases of Win95 and WinXP. Currently, the available screen shots of Longhorm look like a WinXP with a revised black theme. And that's true, but the relase of Longhorm is far and until then, M$ will change lots of things. It's expected that they include a 3D desktop with 3D windows with movements and effects in 3D.
As a summary, I'd say this: Don't evaluate an OS only lookiong and its screen shots. That is probably the less important part of it. Look at its features, what it can do, its design, etc... IMO, Lognhorm will be much better than its predecessors in those things.
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