Microsoft Preparing 1st Consumer Version of NT, ZDNet
Reports
Bloomberg News
July 5, 1999, 4:29 p.m. PT
Redmond, Washington, July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.
plans commercial production in April 2001 of the first consumer
version of its Windows operating system based on Windows NT,
ZDNet reported. Code-named Neptune, the system will be the first
for consumers that's based on NT, which is designed for
businesses, instead of on Windows. Neptune is tentatively set to
go into testing in the third quarter of next year, ZDNet said.
Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, plans to
release another upgrade of its Windows 98 system, to be called
Consumer Windows in 2000, in time for Christmas next year.
(www.zdnet.com)
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