Doesn't appear that Compaq is overly concerned about
the lack of the logg/certification.
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Executives: Overall certification is
enough -- BackOffice Logo Will Be A
No-Go For Compaq Servers
CMP Media Inc. - Saturday, March 04, 2000
Mar. 03, 2000 (Computer Reseller News - CMP via COMTEX) -- New York -
Compaq Computer Corp. has opted not to get its servers certified with a
BackOffice logo, saying the logo is outdated for hardware OEMs and applies
primarily to software makers.
Regardless, Compaq satisfies compatibility requirements through Microsoft
Corp.'s overall Designed for Windows logo program, said Urs Renggli, Compaq's
Microsoft marketing manager for its Industry Standard Server Division. Of 186
servers listed on Microsoft's "BackOffice Logo'd Hardware List," none are
Compaq-branded.
Compaq also has no servers listed on the Windows Hardware Compatibility List
for BackOffice Server, a narrower list that names Compaq rivals Dell Computer
Corp., IBM Corp. and Fujitsu Computer Products of America.
However, there are more than 500 Compaq-branded servers that have been
certified for the Windows platform after compatibility testing, Renggli said.
"We looked into BackOffice certification," Renggli said, adding that Compaq is
satisfied it meets Microsoft's requirements through the overall Windows logo
certification process. No Compaq customers have requested a separate
BackOffice certification, Renggli said.
Houston-based Compaq, as a hardware vendor, can use the Windows logo
certification to show it has met Microsoft's requirements, including those for
BackOffice, said Dave Meltzer, group product manager for BackOffice at
Microsoft, Redmond, Wash.
However, Renggli could not explain why no Compaq ProLiant servers shipped
with BackOffice logos even before the new wrinkle to the Windows logo program
was instituted. Compaq's major competitors on the Windows platform-IBM,
Armonk, N.Y.; Dell, Round Rock, Texas; and Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto,
Calif.-have shipped servers with BackOffice solutions under both certification
programs.
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