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To: Mike Milde who wrote (12490)	12/10/1998 5:10:00 PM
From: Bala Vasireddi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Microsoft has been very good at pre-announcing technologies/products to "head-off" competitor products in the past. When Sun's Jini was announced, Microsoft started making noises about their "Millennium" technology. Wonder how much of it is real and how much is FUD. Hmmmmm! ... Microsoft is currently developing a system code-named Millennium in its Microsoft Research Group that largely mirrors Jini, albeit on a Windows technology framework. Microsoft said Millennium will result in systems that will "eliminate the distinction between distributed and local computing," according to Microsoft. "Millennium raises the level of abstraction to create a self-tuning, self-configuring system in which programmers are not even aware of distribution; it happens entirely automatically," according to the company. While several prototype Millennium systems have been built within Microsoft's labs, the technology, in development since 1996, isn't expected to result in shipping products for some time. news.com