News DOJ Takes a Long Look at Longhorn

Obviously with high powered binoculars, seeing as it's still a long way off.

PCWorld reports on the US DOJ investigating the gestation of Longwait to ensure that the latest Spawn of Redmond adheres to the Anti-trust settlement:

Microsoft will meet with representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) next month for the first of several briefings intended to ensure that its upcoming Longhorn operating system complies with the terms of the final judgment in the government's antitrust case against the software maker.

In court papers filed Tuesday, the government also said that its technical committee raised concerns about whether Windows XP and Service Pack 2 are in compliance with the judgment. Microsoft replied to those concerns recently and the government is reviewing its responses, it says.

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