Microsoft shuts down “Longhorn Reloaded”

by admin June 28, 2007 at 8:49 pm

Microsoft has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the operators of “Longhorn Reloaded,” a project that was dedicated to reviving an earlier beta of Windows Vista from before the company removed certain features, such as WinFS. The operator of the site has since posted a message saying that he had removed the download link, and this was followed up by a statement from Jean-Marie Houvenaghel—the founder of the web site Joejoe.org and supervisor of the Longhorn Reloaded project—that the project was officially discontinued.

Read more: Ars Technica