Gates Rounds Up Longhorn Plans

At Microsoft Corp.’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates highlighted his company’s vision for the next wave of software development in the Longhorn era. "Longhorn, the codename for the next major release of Windows, features a new programming model known as WinFX that promises to advance the opportunities for developers officials from the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said. Microsoft officials said WinFX advances the Microsoft .Net Framework programming model."

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