From the Dark Side II--Longhorn De-Horned as M$ Excised Features

to get it out the door by the end 2006. The shortened Longhorn is Microsoft's "revolutionary" operating system that will replace the 3-year old Windows XP. The feature drops were announced by M$ on Friday. The major feature dropped is called WinFS, a database-type file system with complete search technology. WinFS will be in beta testing when Longhorn ships so it will be a year or two before the feature is added. Of course, Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" will sport an instant and complete search feature called Spotlight when it debuts early next year, two years aheaad of the shortened Longhorn and three to four years ahead of WinFS.