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June 2000 News

  • MS remains Defiant
  • Sun in Compaq's sights
  • Boo IT goes for a song

Microsoft down but not yet out

Microsoft is still standing firm against the DoJ with its Next Generation Window Services (NGWS) initiative. NGWS shifts its focus to server-based applications and services. What will Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson think of it? Will he think it is MS "cocking a snoot" at the Government or will he be benevolent and let MS continue. 

Rumours are rife that if the US demand a breakup, MS will move a couple of miles north of Seattle into Canada where the government are not asking MS to break-up. Things are warming up.

Compaq aim to put Sun's light out 

Compaq's new AlphaServer Unix servers have the muscle to tackle Sun at the mid- and top-end. Previously named "Wildfire", the GS series can support up to 32 processors. According to Compaq, a GS320 with 16 processors and 16GB of memory will provide nearly 2x the performance and 70% price-performance advantage over an equivalently configured Sun E10K. Sun is confident that it's "Serengeti" servers will burn off the challenge - the problem will be the timing.

Things look sunny for Bright Station 

e-Business software provider Bright Station have bought the Boo infrastructure for £250K. This bargain buy gives them a ca. £70M back office system that supports e-Commerce transactions across 18 countries in seven languages. This could be the bargain of the century.

Shorties

  • Compaq to sell Tivoli worldwide as part of its NonStop Infrastructure Management Solutions.
  • JD Edwards will shed 800 employees as losses begin to bite.
  • Novell reorganises into Net Management, Net Directory, Net Content and Novell Customer Services.
  • WAP phones and internet appliances are going to be the next target for the hackers.
  • BMC plans to buy OptiSystems Solutions for $70M.
  • Watch the Avatar technology as speech and 3D technology enable new ways to interact with web sites.
  • Cisco has agreed to acquire smart web switch maker ArrowPoint Communications for $6bn stock.
  • Big Blue launches smaller, denser, faster and cooler copper chip server systems to replace older aluminium based systems.
  • Oracle finally ships internet File System (iFS). It was due with Oracle Applications 11i in March, 11i is now targeted for November.
  • IBM finally kill offs OS/2. Updates will cease on 31 Jan 2002.
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