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April 24, 2003
After two years of delays, Microsoft (Quote, Company Info) Thursday embarked on one of its most important software releases in its history
The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant officially unveiled its Windows Server 2003 operating environment, corresponding developer tool Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2003, and a 64-bit edition of SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (previously codenamed "Yukon'). The company is hoping the trio of products will establish a new standard in enterprise computing -- an area where it has traditionally lagged behind the more powerful but proprietary Unix infrastructure.
At the San Francisco launch party, CEO Steve Ballmer said the overall platform is a cornerstone of Microsoft's Internet-based .NET strategy and key to its entry into Web services.
"This is one of the most significant pieces that we've ever done and the most significant for IT professionals and data centers," CEO Steve Ballmer said at the San Francisco launch party. "It is not an incremental release, it is breakthrough in terms of what it will mean software developers and customers that want to collaborate and communicate."
The main launch event is being held here with upwards of 100 regional launches taking place over the next few weeks throughout the world.
The release is significant primarily because of obvious threats posed by J2EE and Linux, but Microsoft is also extending its support for the growing market of 64-bit microprocessor architectures. The hope is that the server software will leverage the dominance Microsoft has on the desktop and extend it to the back office in high-end supercomputers, clusters, mainframes and storage.
Packaged with a familiar Windows XP interface, Microsoft is pulling together many of its previous technologies as a replacement for its popular but outdated Windows NT 4.0 server operating system.
According to some industry estimates, between 35 and 45 percent of Windows server customers still run Windows NT 4.0, with the remainder running Windows 2000.
Source: Internet News.com
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