Windows Longhorn beta?

[Waldo2k2]

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...and how does it relate to windows?

it doesn't...that's the point of a codename


win95 was chicago, ms is in redmond, so yeah.

[Liger86]

If any of you are interested in some screenshots of Alpha - which I don't think is true Longhorn - you can see them here at http://www.winsupersite.com

I have also heard official claims that the new Windows - Longhorn - will feature a new way to install our games, kind of like a Playstation, just plug and play. But what I want to know is how this is going to work out with the Mod communities.

[neandrake]

Originally posted by Waldo2k2
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...and how does it relate to windows?

it doesn't...that's the point of a codename


win95 was chicago, ms is in redmond, so yeah.

So what's the point of a codename if it's not secret?

[Waldo2k2]

>>So what's the point of a codename if it's not secret?

people would go hacking or try, into servers like MS's looking for keywords like windows 2005 or whatever, a name like longhorn or chicago goes unnoticed.

The hacking parties include not only people on the outside, but people working at microsoft who shouldn't have access to the code. In this way it prevents code leaks, or it's supposed to.

[afreedboy]

Hackers can't know codename???

[TravisS]

Originally posted by Speedy5
LongHorn is just the codename. Its named after a bar or somthing up in Whistler, BC, Canada (a ski area).

And do you know what the codename for XP was..... anybody?

Why, it was Whistler!

[adrianxw]

Could be this you saw. It's not legit. You can get the beta from MS - beats me why anyone would bother trying to crack something that is available anyway - guess it just goes to show that crackers live in a world of their own - a complete bunch of losers!

[Waldo2k2]

>>Hackers can't know codename???

what?
I'm done with this, if you don't get it by now, oh well.