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Avalon for Windows XP?

Ian Griffiths points out that Microsoft is planning on releasing their new gui code-named Avalon along with the rest of WinFX to Windows XP and Windows 2003 users.

I find it an odd strategy by Microsoft since those are the core elements of what makes Longhorn interesting to me as a user and a developer. But the faster these new technologies spread the sooner I can use and develop for them.

Print | posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:08 AM

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# re: Avalon for Windows XP?

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Bah! Damage control. They can't get it rolled out by Longhorn release so they're pulling the 'ol "well, we're going to release it for all platforms" crap. We'd be lucky to see it before XP falls out of support.
Left by LilMikey on Sep 03, 2004 8:45 AM

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My personal feeling is that MSFT feels the need to move Avalon into the market to combat the spread of Mozilla and it's XUL option.

A roll-out of Avalon soon would ensure all MSFT developers toe the MSFT line. A delay of two or three years combined with no movement on the IE front would mean that a lot more developers would become aware of XUL and more internet users would have a browser that could handle it.

Might be off target here, but it does strike me that Avalon is a rather late comer to the GUI definition game and that it is MSFT's next play to try and roll the internet into the desktop.
Left by jachinls on Oct 12, 2004 3:12 PM

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