Is Aero Dead ? ... or will it run on XP?
Over on The Server Side.NET there's an interview with Chris Anderson about Avalon. One thing that struck me as strange is the part (talking about shipping Avalon) where he said:
And that is scheduled to ship as part of Longhorn right?
That's scheduled to ship simultaneously with Longhorn and I believe right now the plan is for it to be on the disc with Longhorn.
'On the disc' with Longhorn. Surely Aero, the new shell in Longhorn, depends on Avalon and therefore Avalon is a must install with Longhorn? Maybe Aero is now being shipped as part of the Avalon download - a way to get WinFX out to as many desktops as possible. One less reason to upgrade to the new OS. I always thought of Aero as one of few remaining carrots that Longhorn was tempting users with.
Anyway, nice to see somebody using the UK spelling of 'disc'.