More bad news for fans of little Windows servers for home.
HP, makers of the
MediaSmart boxes that defined the first release of
Windows Home Server, has confirmed that it is canceling plans to support the next major release of the OS, codenamed
Vail. This comes hot on the heels of the
removal of storage pooling from that release, an extremely unpopular move among the relatively few but ardent fans of WHS. HP is promising to continue support for its existing MediaSmart products but apparently has already redeployed development teams to focus on
WebOS devices. For its part, Microsoft will be relying on
Acer and
Tranquil PC to hang the decorations for the Vail release party. Anyone still care to RSVP?
