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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (63693)	12/12/2001 12:57:13 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

MSN is trying to turn a profit - So if it is working change it slowly. In another area read and weep CT: BizTalk Server 2000 Surpasses 800 Customers in Its First Year Air Products and Chemicals Joins Growing List of Global 2000 BizTalk Customers REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that its award-winning SOAP-based enterprise application integration (EAI), B2B and business process automation server, Microsoft(R) BizTalk(TM) Server 2000, has surpassed 800 customers in the product's first year. This milestone makes BizTalk one of the fastest-growing integration servers on the market and puts it head and shoulders above other niche integration vendors that are struggling with economic viability. (Photo: newscom.com ) One company contributing to the growing number of Global 2000 BizTalk customers, which already include Ford Motor Co., BP p.l.c. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., is Air Products and Chemicals Inc. The industry leader has deployed the product globally as its standard for XML-based integration. "The familiarity and ease of use of the BizTalk development environment allowed us to utilize our existing in-house Microsoft talent and deliver the complete solution within six weeks. Doing anything in the IT world in six weeks is fantastic," said David Beltz, manager of business-to-business integration at Air Products. "In today's volatile market, Microsoft has the enterprise technology, vendor viability and strong corporate vision that will help us maintain our leadership position for many years to come." JFD