So, I blogged below that Microsoft wants us to go ahead and start getting our products certified to run on Windows Longhorn. I somewhat made fun of that, considering their inability to actual release the OS iteself, but I do admit, there is some value in planning no for the changes (SP2 anyone?).

Having said that, I notice there is a new build of the Longhorn beta, there are screenshots here. Definitely looking more finished, more refined. Granted from a visual perspective, it doesn't look like anything more than a skinned version of XP, but I am sure they have changed alot under the hood.....

I am easily excitable, so I run off to MSDN downloads to get the new build and.... there are no builds of Longhorn in MSDN downloads, not even 4074 which was the last build that was there. Hmm. This seems somewhat conflicting with the 'developers prepare to get your apps certified for Longhorn' additude they currently have. How do I plan for an OS I only have pictures of?

I am hoping that they only took the old builds down so they could load the new, and that when I get up in the morning, there will be a fresh shiny build 5048 waiting for me...Steve, you listening??