Longhorn is the future?

little more elaboration on what Mahesh said. 1. yes thats the rumour that it will be shipped in 2005 2. usually microsoft gives code names to their OS's, like windows XP was called whistler, so the name will definately change. 3. .NET 2.0 is integrated right into the OS, all API calls can be made with .NET calls which are directly above the raw API's for more info on C# 2.0, here is microsofts specifications. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/1/6/81682478-4018-48fe-9e5e-f87a44af3db9/SpecificationVer2.doc

1. I belive MS is planning to release in Q1, 2005 2. Name may change. Its too early to say. 3. C# and .NET will still be there. Both are integral parts of Longhorn and Longhorn development.