Hilarious Longhorn thread

[Siplus]

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=58640

I just had to laugh when i saw the excitment in "dotnetjunkies'" post.

Anyway... I always try to keep an open mind in OS development, and even with my distain for MS/Windows; Is Longhorn beta free for me to download/install?

Somewhere I've heard that it was a public beta, so I would assume it would be available to me if i wanted to install / test it.

I feel the need to justify myself on this site: I use linux because I test many different Operating Systems, and it the easiest/fastest/most stable operating system I have used, and one that remains both free and Free. I'm trying to compare all the new operating systmes (Novell Desktop Linux 10 when it is available, Fedora Core 3/4, Ubuntu 5.04, Solaris 10, OpenSolaris when it comes out, FreeBSD 5.3 as soon as I get it installed, OSX 10.4 Tiger when i order by Pbook, and Win2k/WinXP. To this point, I hate all the windows releases, but I want to continue to have an 'open' mind. I feel pretty sure about myself that Longhorn will not be up-to-par.

With that in mind, I do not support software piracy and will only test Longhorn if it is free to me.

[BobTheHob]

I'm trying to compare all the new operating systmes (Novell Desktop Linux 10 when it is available, Fedora Core 3/4, Ubuntu 5.04, Solaris 10, OpenSolaris when it comes out, FreeBSD 5.3 as soon as I get it installed, OSX 10.4 Tiger when i order by Pbook, and Win2k/WinXP.

Solaris 10 is great, as for FreeBSD 5.3 release, thats my primary desktop OS, and its excellent, no problems whatsoever. I have heard that 5.4 stable runs great with no problems if ya wanna try that instead, but I havent tried it yet. I absolutly LOVE 5.3!

[toadlife]

I'm running FreebSD 5.4 stable with KDE 3.4. Things are running great. I was running 5.3 Release but it had a problem with my usb thumb drive that was only fixed in 5-Stable, so I moved up.

[toadlife]

With that in mind, I do not support software piracy and will only test Longhorn if it is free to me.

You have to have an MSDN suscription to the get this BETA. Only $1195.00 and longhorn beta can be yours! :thumbup:

[Kintaro]

Funny I never paid that and I have a copy.

Oh how I love BitTorrent.

[Siplus]

Funny I never paid that and I have a copy.

software piracy

I like to stay legal

anyway... Assuming you have ran multiple modern operating systems, is there anything of worth in Longhorn? I have heard much more bad than good, even on the pro-MS sites (i read past the BS)