Tiger takes on Longhorn

MacMinute and CNet News.com report on some none-too-subtle jabs at Microsoft by Apple Computer at its WorldWide Developers Conference today. Posters there for Apple's upcoming operating system, Tiger, allude to delays in the release of the next version of Microsoft Windows, code-named Longhorn, and to the Redmond-based company's reputation for mimicking features of Apple's operating system.

The posters feature Tiger software CD images with headlines such as: "Introducing Longhorn," "Redmond, start your photocopiers," "This should keep Redmond busy," and "Redmond, we have a problem."

This News.com story has the word on Apple CEO Steve Jobs' speech, in which he said Tiger will be out in early 2005. As the story notes, that's about a year before Longhorn is scheduled for release. The story says Tiger is also expected to include an improved search function. That's one of the major selling points for Longhorn, via the new WinFS file system.

Update: Gizmodo has photos of the posters.