Windows Longhorn 5048 Screenshots

[tarun]

Why would they do that when they gave the OS out for free at winhec?

I saw a notice posted on Winsupersite some time ago.

Also http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/27/1823211 I read this after that.

[Reverend]

From Paul Thurrott:

Microsoft has provided its explanation. What it boils down to is that there may be certain technologies in the Longhorn Developer Preview build for which Microsoft has not filed patent applications, and the confidentiality provisions protect or mitigate the company's filing rights. One of the focus areas of IP protection has been user interface, hence Microsoft cannot permit screenshots of the UI. I was told that Microsoft had left its Media Center user interface unprotected, and that UI has been stolen and replicated in numerous other places. They don't want that to happen to Longhorn.