If you"re wondering what"s happening with Longhorn and whether we"ll see Longhorn at WinHEC 2005 then wonder no more.
It"s not likely that we will see the first beta of Longhorn at WinHEC 2005, however, Microsoft may release a slimmed down M9 build at the conference. More on that when we hear more :)
As for dates:
Milestone 9 (platform complete) - 16th March 2005
Beta 1 - 25th May 2005
Beta 2 - 12th October 2005
Release Candidate 0 - 22nd February 2006
Release Candidate 1 - 12th April 2006
Release To Manufacturing - 24th May 2006