Two major elements of Long-horn -- the 3D graphics user interface, codenamed Avalon; and the machine-to-machine Web services communication technology, codenamed Indigo -- will be included in the 2006 Windows desktop operating system.
Those capabilities will also be made available for the Windows XP desktop and Windows 2003 Server operating systems in 2006, sharply increasing the potential number of end users and software developers for the technology.



