There once was an ambitious project called “Longhorn.” ‘Twas by a firm in Redmond, it was said. Rife with features and improvements, bold-yet-promising claims, and a platform that was sure to please, it seemed that visionary steer was the cash-cow of today.
Yet it was not to be. The expensive cow proved too ambitious for the Redmond Corral; burdened by the expenses of care and upbringing, that poor bovine was left to wither. Brought at last to the county fair, with a fitful and ghastly coming, the frail bovine was no longer the dashing bull it had first been.
Yet during this period of withering, a farmer named JoeJoe saw this cavalier steer at the WinHEC fair in 2004, and vehemently wished to keep it alive.
…Long story short, some gent was valiantly attempting to keep the original dream of the Vista beta alive, with WinFS and sundry new features. Microsoft sent him a cease and desist.
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