The "Longhorn" Opportunity

Developer Guide to Migration and Interoperability in "Longhorn": Chapter 1: The "Longhorn" Opportunity (The Developer's Guide to Interoperability and Migration in "Longhorn"): "'Longhorn' is optimized for a new class of applications that is emerging. These new applications are characterized by the combination of network awareness and local resource utilization. They communicate with other nodes (server or other clients) in a network (the Internet or intranet) participating in larger service-oriented architecture. They use local resources (CPU, GPU, storage, bandwidth, and more) to deliver an efficient and effective end-user experience, and can function offline or online. "