Longhorn != .Net

For some reason, maybe it was the blogs I read, maybe I heard it somewhere, but I was certain that Longhorn was being built on top of .Net


Turns out this is wrong:


http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1820607,00.asp


I'm not so sure how important this is though. As an application developer, the fact that the framework is there, along with the new plumbing like Indigo and Avalon is enough for me... but maybe I should be bemoaning the loss of possibilities?