Yesterday I heard that Microsoft are going to be bringing two of the "Three Pillars" of the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn", forward for users running XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003.

Indigo, the Web services code platform, and Avalon, the presentation system are both going to be made available. Which leaves only WinFS, the new "file-system-but-not-a-file-system" fle storage platform built on top of NTFS. And Microsoft said long ago WinFS would not be in the first client release of Longhorn anyway.

So, it would seem, Longhorn is now nothing more than another upgrade, pocketing more money for Microsoft, or at least in the first release.

What do you think? Is Longhorn worth it? Add your comments here and discuss this at the Sweet Technology Board.

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