Gates: No Rushing Microsoft New Windows
By Ara Trembly, Technology Editor
NU Online News Service, Nov. 21, 11:24 a.m. EST, Las Vegas?Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told this year's Comdex Global Technology Expo that the much-awaited next version of Microsoft Windows, code-named Longhorn, has no time frame for its release.
Speaking at the Expo held here Nov. 16-20, he explained that Longhorn "is a very ambitious piece of work" and "there's still a lot to be done."
Mr. Gates said much of what will happen with Longhorn will aid the cause of seamless computing, which he said will advance insurance and other business operations.
One new feature in Longhorn is called "Stuff I've Seen," which cuts across the seams between applications to find almost anything a user has recently accessed, regardless of where the information came from. Information from e-mail, Web pages, files and even handwritten notes can be easily accessed, said a Microsoft spokesperson.
Another new feature of the system in development is "implicit query," which proactively finds information related to whatever a user is working on, without the user having to ask.
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