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Windows 2000 Release Aggravates Skills Gap

Tom Bittman, VP and research director for GartnerGroup: At least 70 percent of the NT Server installed base will skip Windows 2000 release 1.

Microsoft: More Apps Certified, Partners Helping with W2K Security

NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 2000 application certification is proceeding at a good clip, and third parties are helping to secure the newly released business operating system, a Microsoft official told customers today.

MicroStrategy Releases eCRM6

April 26, 2000

Gates: "PC -- The Best is Yet to Come"

At WinHEC in New Orleans, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates maintained that "exciting innovations will make the PC an even more vital hub to the future of computing."

HP Develops Internet Print Appliances

Microsoft Releases Beta 2 of Host Integration Server 2000

Microsoft Corp. today introduced the second beta of its Host Integration Server 2000, which enables integration of legacy systems such as AS/400 and mainframe with Windows networks.

W2K Embedded Scrapped; Appliance Server Kits & Whistler Embedded on Tap

NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft's embedded operating system development team will skip Windows 2000 in an effort to catch up with release schedules for the general operating system.

Gates Ignores Stock Drop, Break-up Rumors in PC-Boosting WinHEC Keynote

NEW ORLEANS – Bill Gates’ fortune and the PC boom that built it, may be taking a beating, but Gates used a keynote to Microsoft Corp. hardware partners today to declare that the PC will remain a central and important technology.

AVT Launches New Unified Messaging System

April 25, 2000

Microsoft: Whistler will Unify NT/9.x Code Base

NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft has been talking about a unified code base for its consumer and business operating systems for a long time. At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) today, company officials promised the next version would be the one to bring the code together.

4-Node Clustering to Come in "Whistler" Version of Advanced Server

NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft will enhance failover clustering in the next version of Windows 2000 Advanced Server to support four-node clusters.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2000 Beta 2 to Customers

Microsoft announced the worldwide availability of SQL Server 2000 beta release 2 to customers. The new version of Microsoft's database software includes several updated features, as well as new scalability and performance.

Microsoft to Face Breakup, Stock Plummets

CNN.com reports that Microsoft may be split in half as a result of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's ruling that the company has monopolized the Web browser market. As a result of the news, Microsoft's stock price plunged 12.3125 points from Thursday's close to $66.625.

June Beta on Tap for CE Edition of SQL Server

Microsoft Corp. will give customers a preview of the new Window CE version of SQL Server on June 30.

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