To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18184 ) 3/25/1998 7:12:00 PM From: Daniel Schuh Respond to
Microsoft says Windows NT for home news.com Important issues such as cable integration with Windows NT have apparently been tabled until PC Futures, an upcoming Microsoft conference to be held in St. Louis on June 9 to 11, according to Richard Dougherty, president of the Envisioneering Group. Microsoft executives Jim Allchin and Carl Stork jointly gave the opening address. Microsoft is using the conference to encourage hardware developers to improve the customer experience and expand PC usage, said Allchin, a senior vice-president at the Redmond, Washington, company. One of the forthcoming innovations will be a "Hibernate" command that appears on the shut-down window, designed to allow users to quickly restart. It was not clear how this would be different from the "sleep" or "suspend" mode already found on PCs. Microsoft will roll out a technology called "Sysclone" that will allow computer vendors to more easily customize their desktops as well as load Windows more easily across hundreds of desktops. Still, large segments of the audience acted as if they were watching reruns. "It's deja vu all over again," said Dwight Davis, an editor of Windows Watcher.
