Mary Jo Foley was spelunking the WinHEC07 press site and discovered the use of Windows Server 2008 for Windows Server “Longhorn” materials. Barring any last minute “magic” from Microsoft’s Keystone Cops marketing mavens it seems like a lock. While hardly poetic, the name does suggest no nonsense solidity which is all to the good for a server OS.
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May 16th, 2007 at 9:49 AM
[...] The rumor was confirmed and Gates formally introduced Windows Server “Longhorn” as Windows Server 2008 and touted it to the assembled Microsoft partners. [...]