So much for claims of no new Windows client before Longhorn. Microsoft admits it is considering an update after it releases Service Pack 2. Some say the move is due to another Longhorn date slip.
After insisting last year that it would not release a version of Windows client before Longhorn, Microsoft is now considering such a plan.
Company officials acknowledged on Thursday that the company is considering some kind of an interim Windows release that would follow Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
SP2 is due out by mid-2004, Microsoft officials have said. Longhorn isn"t due until 2006 at the earliest.
"We are looking at different ways to deliver improvements on Windows XP," acknowledged Greg Sullivan, lead product manager for Windows client. "We are not working on an interim release of Windows before Longhorn, but it is one of the options on the table, along with out-of-band releases, service packs and updates."