PCWorld.com - Sneak Peek: Windows XP's Successor

PCWorld.com - Sneak Peek: Windows XP's Successor "Gartner analyst Michael Silver says that even if Microsoft slates Longhorn for the second half of 2004, its delivery could well slip into 2005. That would be nearly four years after Windows XP's debut--a veritable Saharan wasteland of lost revenues for a company that typically produces a new desktop OS every two years. With Linux and Apple's OS X both continuing to improve, analysts say that Microsoft could issue something smaller--say, a Windows XP Second Edition--before it herds the big one to market."