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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14192)	11/17/1997 7:04:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Hydra To Wreak Application Havoc? zdnet.com Microsoft Corp. says existing "well-behaved" 32-bit applications will work automatically with Hydra, its multiuser NT capability that makes its debut at Comdex this week. But early testers, systems administrators, software developers and resellers are having trouble finding many well-behaved applications. Even Microsoft insiders are preparing for the distinct possibility that Microsoft may have to rework some of its own applications-especially Office and Outlook-so they are optimized for scalable thin-client configurations. ... Some third parties said Microsoft may need to rethink Office scalability. "Microsoft Office today is not really designed to run on a server and support multiple processes," noted an official with one Hydra OEM, who requested anonymity. "Once Microsoft sees how [Office] functions under the load, they are likely to do things to make it run more efficiently on NT 4.0." The official said a Hydra-optimized Office probably wouldn't debut until NT 5.0 does, some time in late 1998. And so on. So, maybe in a year we'll hear how well this WinTerm thing is going to work out. Then again, a year ago all the talk was about the OS formerly known as Windows97. Cheers, Dan.