Longhorn Ship Schedule

As reported by BusinessWeek Online, Microsoft has internally announced dates for the Longhorn OS that are very clear-cut and aggressive. Here's a snippet from the article...

While Microsoft has been publicly vague on timing, Peterson wasn't. One e-mail said the company will ship the first beta version of the software next February and plans Longhorn's debut for the first six months of 2006. Microsoft confirmed the content of the e-mails and videoconference but declined to elaborate.

I guess only time will tell if we can makes the dates announced and if we do, it's going to be akin to the months prior to shipping Win2k - 6 day work weeks, 65 hours a week of work - INTENSE...