Chris Anderson - Why release Longhorn/Avalon so early?

The Discussion

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  This Avalon xml code looks very similar to a programm from me i use it to build GUI's for maschines.
  Here a xml snippet for a Button:
   <PICTUREBUTTON>
    <SeitenID>Auto</SeitenID>
    <UnterSeiteID/>
    <BackgroundImage>CFTerminal.Bilder.DeckelZuGedreht.gif</BackgroundImage>
    <XLocation>100</XLocation>
    <YLocation>380</YLocation>
    <XSize>75</XSize>
    <YSize>34</YSize>
    <WordPos>1</WordPos>
    <BitMask>512</BitMask>
    <ToggelButton>false</ToggelButton>
    <LEDAnzeigen>false</LEDAnzeigen>
    <LEDBytePos>0</LEDBytePos>
    <LEDBitMask>0</LEDBitMask>
    <DisableByte>1</DisableByte>
    <DisableBitMask>0</DisableBitMask>
   </PICTUREBUTTON>