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To: J Krnjeu who wrote (12196)	11/11/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: XiaoYao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft Embeds NT as OS for Non-PC Devices.(introduces Windows NT Embedded 4.0)(Product Announcement) 11/09/98 PC Week Page 43(1) COPYRIGHT 1998 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Copyright 1998 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. Microsoft Corp. is planning to power devices with embedded Windows NT inside. The Redmond, Wash., company last week officially announced NTE (NT Embedded) 4.0, a version of Windows NT 4.0 that can be used as an operating system for non-PC devices. Microsoft expects the operating system to be used in a wide range of devices, including routers and remote access servers, office printers and copiers, manufacturing systems, medical equipment, and retail point-of-sale terminals. NTE is current with the latest NT 4.0 service pack, Service Pack 4, and will offer a number of new features, including the capability to run headless, or without a display, keyboard or mouse, and to boot from read-only memory. It will also offer a remote management feature for configuration and upgrades. NTE is now in alpha testing and is being vetted by a number of customers, including NEC Corp., Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and Natural Microsystems Corp. A beta version will be available early next year, with the final version shipping later in the year. Further down the road, NTE versions based on Windows 2000, with features such as Active Directory, will be made available, said John Frederiksen, group product manager for Windows NT. Pricing has not yet been set for NTE, but Microsoft is considering allowing customers to pay for only those features they use in their devices, Frederiksen said. Microsoft can be reached at (800) 426-9400 or www.microsoft.com.

To: J Krnjeu who wrote (12196)	11/11/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: XiaoYao	Respond to of 74651

Alliance to Bolster CE.(Company Business and Marketing) 11/09/98 PC Week Page 16(1) COPYRIGHT 1998 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Copyright 1998 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. Microsoft noses into wireless arena with Qualcomm venture In a move by Microsoft Corp. to push its Windows CE operating system into yet another market, the company will announce this week a joint wireless communications venture with Qualcomm Corp. The companies this week are expected to announce the formation of an as-yet-unnamed company focused on developing wireless devices and services that are based on Microsoft's CE and Qualcomm's CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) digital cellular technology. Although officials at both companies declined to elaborate on the announcement, the alliance appears to be a marriage of convenience for the pair. The newly formed company is expected to challenge Symbian Ltd., which was established earlier this year by Nokia Corp., Ericsson Inc. and Motorola Inc. in an effort to develop smart phones based on Psion plc.'s Epoc operating system. Microsoft has been eyeing the smart-phone product category for a while as a home for Windows CE. The move is part of an overall plan by Microsoft to create "end-to-end" wireless solutions, ranging from a software platform to wireless services, sources close to the Redmond, Wash., company said. The plan calls for a single software platform, code-named Chimera, to support a broad range of wireless devices, sources said. Chimera is due next year, they said. Microsoft is also seeking to partner with OEMs and wireless carriers to create new wireless devices and services, sources said. This week's Qualcomm-Microsoft venture is expected to be the first of several such partnerships to promote Chimera smart phones based on Windows CE next year. Microsoft will complement Chimera with a small-footprint microbrowser for smart phones, pagers and other wireless devices. The browser is due in the second half of next year. Despite the effort, building and supporting wireless technology will be no easy task for Microsoft. "Wireless technology is still way too expensive, way too complex and way too weird," said David Greenberg, CEO of Avio Corp., in Maitland, Fla. Greenberg is an early user of AT&T Corp.'s Wireless PocketNet smart phone. Ironically, Qualcomm is also a licensee of CE's archrival in handheld operating systems, 3Com Corp.'s Palm OS. The company plans to ship a smart phone, the pdQ, that's based on the operating system next year, officials said.