High-End Version of Win 2000 Reaches Milestone
Microsoft Corp. today released the second beta of Windows 2000 DataCenter, the high-end version of the company's new operating system.
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Microsoft tool furthers Unix-Windows integration
In keeping with its Windows 2000 integration theme, Microsoft has released its Windows Services for Unix 2.0.
Gates Expounds on DOJ, His Net Focus
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates met with Network World Senior Editor John Fontana last week at NetWorld+Interop 2000 to talk about the antitrust case against his company and a variety of technology matters, including the role of XML, security standards, application service providers and those ever-present viruses.
Lotus tying Domino to Microsoft client apps
Lotus is developing a set of extensions for Domino 5.0 that will allow the server to function as the collaboration engine for Microsoft's client software and productivity applications.
Microsoft Submits Its Proposals in Antitrust Case
The Department of Justice thinks that Microsoft Corp. should be broken in two. Bill Gates and company have a better idea, four better ideas in fact.
Tally Set to Ship Revised Asset Management App
Tally Systems Inc. next month will release a renamed and completely redesigned version of its asset discovery and tracking application targeted at enterprise users.
MS Proposes Its Submittal to Conduct Remedies
The U.S. Department of Justice thinks that Microsoft Corp. should be broken in two. Bill Gates and company have a better idea, four better ideas in fact.
MS/DOJ: Gates Says Case Could Be Settled If...
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates says the government's proposal to break up the company includes a number of deficiencies that ensure consumers get "screwed." However, the feisty software titan said that there are two core issues that would lead the company to agree to a settlement in the ongoing antitrust suit.
Windows 2000 Naming Conventions Under Fire
IT executives moving to Windows 2000 are uncovering yet another set of standards-compliance problems, as they roll out the operating system and attempt to integrate it with servers that control critical network services.
Win 2000 Deployments Demand Masterful Planning
Enterprise customers that devise a structured approach to their Windows 2000 rollouts will have the greatest success and enjoy easier upgrades in the future, IT executives were told at the recent Windows World Conference in Chicago.
Win 2000 at Center of Security Storm
A consortium developing biometrics interfaces and a standards group overseeing Kerberos are both fuming about what they see as Microsoft Corp.'s duplicitous development of security features in Windows 2000.
Business Layers Eases End-User Management
Business Layers is hoping to slip a layer into corporate directories that will help large companies efficiently manage the addition and deletion of users and the assignment of network resources.
Microsoft Supports Biometrics in Windows 2000
Looking to add new security features to its operating system, Microsoft on Tuesday licensed biometric technology to integrate into future versions of Windows 2000.
Break Up Microsoft, Government Says
Looking to smash the Microsoft Corp. monopoly in the same way it did AT&T Corp. 16 years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice and 19 states as expected today asked U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to split Microsoft into two competing companies.
DOJ Advice: Split Microsoft Asunder
Looking to smash the Microsoft Corp. monopoly in the same way it did AT&T Corp. 16 years ago, the Department of Justice and 19 states as expected last week asked U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to split Microsoft into two competing companies.