Haze shrouded Longhorn launched
According to foreign media reports, it is expected that the Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating system in 2006 encounters slightly, from the patent dispute of LONGHORN's core component Chimney. Recently, the US California Court made a ruling that Microsoft violated patents and issued a temporary ban, and Microsoft production, use, sales, transplantation or contained infringement techniques in their own products. Relevant analysts and Microsoft observe pointed out that the court would like to affect the normal release of Longhorn, which will temporarily prevent Microsoft from developing, selling, and other related work for distributed systems.
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The plaintiff in this patent dispute is Alacritech, California, California, which complains to Microsoft in 2004, infringed its intellectual property, mainly Longhorn's "TCPOFFLOAD" structure, "TCPOFLOAD" structure, is suspected of infringement. ALACRITECH Allegations Microsoft uses its session layer interface control (SLIC) technology to accelerate data transfer speed in your computer network and infringe on its two patents.
San Jose, president of Alacritech, claims that Microsoft infringes two of its technical patents, which is used to accelerate the connection of PCs in the network. The technology is called "dynamic TCP unloading data acceleration", Microsoft renamed "Chimney" to "Chimney", violated 30 patents. Two of the patent numbers are 6, 427, 171, and 6,987,868, both of which are related to the processing stack agreement of the intelligent network interface device.
Alacritech said in a complaint that in 1997, the company developed network interface software for accelerating data streams in the network. In 1998, Alacritech has gained contact with Microsoft, and I hope Microsoft will purchase this technology. Soon, Microsoft reached an agreement with the Alacritech, and cooperated with each other to integrate SLIC software in Windows, and then Microsoft terminates cooperation and contact with Alacritech. In 2003, Microsoft released a Chimney data system, and Alacritech quickly found that this company's patents were used, and Microsoft also published a clear show in a public show. On this, the two companies have to the book.
Larry Boucher, CEO of Alacritech, said: "After discovering Microsoft's Chimney technology, we provided our patented technology, but we provided Microsoft, but Microsoft refused to accept the terms in the license agreement. So we were forced to sue Microsoft, To prevent it from continuing to infringe our patents. "For this, Microsoft spokesperson STACY DRAKE said Chimney technology is developed by Microsoft. Stacy Drake said: "As an intellectual property company, we invest huge funds in R & D, of course, also know how to respect other manufacturers' intellectual property rights." Microsoft's lawyers claim that Microsoft is considering making a choice of ruling on the court.
"START SOMETHING", Microsoft is covered with a bell?
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Microsoft unveiled the veil of "start Something": On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Windows, Microsoft will start a code "Start Something", a 15-month advertising campaign to show all of Windows. Microsoft's market personnel revealed that "Start Something" is the continuation of the "XP Reloaded" activity, which is the current existing Windows promotional activities, there is no relationship with Longhorn. JIM Allchin, vice president of Microsoft Group, responsible for platform, said that the "START Something" activity will not involve Longhorn. According to Microsoft observers, this publicity campaign lasted 15 months, from time span, it will undoubtedly with the launch of the launch of Longhorn official version of 2006, it may become the "warm-up movement" of Longhorn, Microsoft is inevitable. There is a suspicion of the tunnel; in addition, analysts pointed out that this activity may include publicity to Longhorn, just because "Chimney Event", Microsoft makes such a "selective" policy. LONGHORN official version of = X
For Longhorn's launches, someone in the industry said: Longhorn's story seems to be a modern version of "Wolf" or "Pinovo". In March 2003, Microsoft officially said that the next-generation desktop PC version of the Windows operating system will be launched in 2004; at the Microsoft Winhec Conference in the same year, Will Poole, Vice President of Microsoft Windows Customer Division, said Microsoft plans to be in 2004 Launched two test versions of Longhorn, but the final business official version will be available in 2005. 2005, US local time
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The Microsoft's senior person said that it will be launched in June 2005 to introduce the LONGHORN test version. Previously, Microsoft has disclosed that Longhorn's Beta 1 will be launched at the end of 2005. In the end, Longhorn was officially released in the second half of 2006.
Microsoft is responsible for Windows executives. Jim Allchin, vice president of Microsoft Group, said in an interview with foreign media, Microsoft is deploying a repeatedly delayed LONGHORN. The timetable is scheduled to:
l In April 2005, the pre-beta version was released from OEM vendors and software busines at the Microsoft Winhec Conference.
l In 2005, the Test staff released Longhorn Beta 1.
l In 2005 - 2006, the intermediate version of Longhorn was released to the tester.
l In the first half of 2006, the Beta 2 version was released.
l The third quarter of 2006 / fourth quarter, Longhorn put production, and provided to the PC manufacturer.
l In December 2006, Longhorn put into the retail market.
In this regard, foreign media have expressed doubts that it is suspected that Microsoft can launch a formal version of Longhorn in just a short year, and doubt whether Longhorn will become another Cairo.
When Longhorn can display its "long-range bull" momentum and "overbearing", time is the best proof.
