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To: abbigail who wrote (37388)	2/3/2000 6:51:00 PM
From: johnd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Now, will they settle before the launch? The Web and Windows 2000 Speaking at his first investor conference since assuming the post of chief financial officer at Microsoft in early January, John Connors told an audience of fund managers and analysts that the soon-to-be released Windows 2000 software is "fundamentally core to the company's Internet efforts." Windows 2000, now scheduled to be introduced Feb. 17, offers stronger system architecture, more reliable applications, fewer reboots and mobile support among other features, Connors said at the conference in San Francisco. Windows 2000 will be accompanied by a number of other software products, including the Exchange 2000 server, SQL Server 2000, Commerce Server and a few others. Microsoft (MSFT: news, msgs) had been criticized as being late in recognizing the significance of the Internet. Connors also highlighted Microsoft's Next-Generation Windows Services, a project he said Bill Gates has been working on, which offers a new programming approach for building applications for multiple devices. The introduction is set for this May. Connors said the new product will have a new user interface, file system and voice, speech and other forms of input methods. Connors said that Microsoft's Internet properties, which include MSN and Microsoft.com, are the third-busiest on the Web, though he didn't cite a source. He emphasized, however, that the Internet as a whole still has a long way to go. The Web faces challenges with information sharing and multiple data formats, he said. Varying digital and analog voice technologies, as well as privacy and security, are also major challenges, he noted.