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Target Audience: Professional DevelopersAbout the Technology: Windows XP is the grand finale to a product and technology arc that started with Windows 95 and Windows NT. Windows XP combines the experience, robustness, and compatibility of the existing product lines into a single platform that is great for businesses, consumers, and partners alike. Longhorn delivers new scenarios for knowledge workers and a new application platform based on .NET in new form factors like Tablet PC that will take the PC where it has never been before. Central to this Client OS is the revision and upgrade of all the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to take advantage of the "managed code" of the .NET Framework, along with updated and enhanced User Interface features which represent the latest thinking in user experience design techniques - from Amzon