You probably already heard this, but <strong>Chris Sells</strong> has a new column on MSDN called <strong>Longhorn Foghorn</strong> , that describes each of the “ <strong>Pillars of Longhorn</strong> ” - this is something which IMHO developers would understand and appreicate. In the first article he explains the “Pillars” and then in the next two goes onto build Solitaire. You can download the sample and play with it too.