The single entry for 2005 was Longhorn Beta 1. Allchin pledged that a new developer build of Longhorn would be delivered to WinHEC attendees by the end of the four-day conference.
On another slide showing the server side, Allchin etched out an equally ambitious course. For 2004, he notes the shipment of Windows Servers 2003 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1. For 2005, he sees Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Windows Small Business Server 2003 Update, Windows Storage Server code-named "Storm," and Longhorn Server Beta 1.
Longhorn client and server betas would be released concurrently, he said.
Allchin repeatedly reinforced the "experiences" theme that the company introduced with Windows XP, speaking glowingly about extending the "computing experience," and the "PC experience" into newer, mostly consumer electronics, devices.
"It's all about sights, sounds, feelings and emotions," he said. "If we follow this experience direction, we will make the PC much stronger than it is today in places like the office and home, where it is already strong and we can take it into places where today we are just getting into: the living room, the garage, the wristwatch."
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