Wednesday, 9 February 2005

Microsoft to Offer 'Indigo' Sneak Peek

Microsoft will deliver a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Longhorn's "Indigo" communications subsystem by the end of March 2005. The CTP source code will follow and contain aspects of the WinFX programming model and, following release, will join Longhorn's Avalon presentation system in the public domain in the lead up to a complete Longhorn beta. Like Avalon, Indigo is one of Longhorn's "fundamentals." Current builds are designed for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to give developers the opportunity to voice their opinion about corresponding technologies prior to Longhorn's arrival. The fundamentals of Longhorn include: Avalon for graphics, Indigo as a second-generation Web services platform, and the core Windows infrastructure.