Windows XP with networks???

[swiftwings23]

Ok right now everyone in my office is running windows 2000, except one person she's running XP pro. Pro seems to be doing ok but she's the office manager so she isn't running AUTOCAD 2000 like the rest of us. I'm wondering how XP Pro is working for evryone else on a network? We only have 1 file server and a print server and a maximum of 15 computers up and running at a time. Microsoft is coming out with a new version of windows codenamed if you will "Longhorn" and from what i've heard at this point it is not compatible with other systems, or existing programs. Just need some input from you guys who keep tabs on all the new programs coming out and if waiting to upgrade would be beneficial at this point? From my point of view microsoft will be pissing a lot of consumers out there. Thanks for any help you can give.
Swiftwings

 

[linney]

Microsoft is always coming out with something "new", that's how they make their billions. Longhorn is still sometime away from release, I would imagine that it would be able to run older Windows programs.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=longhorn+windows

 

[bcastner]

I have a Longhorn preview machine running and I have not seen any major compatability issues in a mixed-OS setting.