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EDITOR'S NOTE: In his book "Inside Windows 95," author Adrian King discusses Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp.'s journey on the long and winding road from "Chicago" to Windows 95. The following […]

DOS as we knew it is finally replaced by a 32-bit operating system that puts an end to installation nightmares and offers preemptive multitasking. The Windows of tomorrow exists today […]

Despite the galloping popularity of Windows 3.1, Microsoft has no plans to enhance its Dos-based Windows 3.x line. The environment is just too fragile. The name DOS will survive, but […]

Washington, D.C.: A federal judge's ruling last week in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case casts a cloud of confusion over future versions of Windows that resellers and OEMs must sort […]

What little work that has been done in the area of LAN disaster prevention and recovery has focused primarily on services and infrastructure, including file servers, gateways, communications servers, hubs, […]

Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft Corp. publicly has committed to creating common APIs across its operating systems but, in fact, the latest upgrades of Windows 95 and Windows NT actually are moving […]

Within the next few weeks, Microsoft Corp. will announce plans to bring its Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) to Windows 95, laying the foundation for distributed application development on its […]

###Jodi Mardesich Redmond, Wash. - The Internet is throwing Microsoft Corp.'s desktop operating system strategy into confusion. While the software giant is preparing to synchronize the user interfaces of Windows […]

After months of resisting, Microsoft has decided it can no longer stand alone against the percolations of Java. The dominant software company in desktop operating systems and applications markets will […]

All roads are not going to lead to Cairo after all. Microsoft Corp., in a move that has long-term repercussions for Windows deployment at IS sites, has given up any […]

Retailers are full of anticipation as the introduction of Microsoft Windows 95 is due to arrive Aug 24, 1995. Some retailers are also feeling cautious about its selling potential, realizing that many consumers will not have the equipment to drive the operating system upgrade, and others will most likely take a wait-and-see approach while the new program's potential problems surface and are solved by Microsoft. The three-step marketing campaign has been effective in exciting the public about the product's arrival., NEW YORK--At this point, no one doubts that Aug 24-the day Windows 95, Microsoft's new operating system arrives in stores--will begin a pivotal period for the retail software industry. While [...]

If Microsoft Corp. delivers on its promise, users soon will scarcely be able to distinguish between Windows 95 and forthcoming versions of Windows NT Workstation. On top of adding the […]

Corporate sites that have a large investment in in-house application development to augment their standard Windows 3.x programs may find the road to Windows 95 much rockier than originally expected. […]

Racing against the threat of Department of Justice intervention, Microsoft Corp. last week pushed Windows 95 a step further toward shipment by releasing to testers the final externally released beta […]

* Justice Department's Antitrust Division files petition to stop Microsoft from refusing to provide newly requested information pertaining to MSN and 12(d) investigations (petition struck down by the federal court) […]

I was captivated when I put an audio CD in a CD-ROM drive and it started playing all by itself, but I'd like to talk to the bozo who put […]

The Department of Justice's recent request for information regarding Microsoft Corp.'s on-line service may prove to be the tip of a legal and technological iceberg that could delay widespread availability […]

Although it has eliminated most of the 'showstopper' bugs from the latest beta versions of Windows 95, Microsoft Corp. is still more than a month away from manufacturing the final […]

Customers who purchase Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT 3.51 operating system later this month will be able to test-drive a prerelease version of the Windows 95 user interface--two months before Microsoft […]

Ever since the look and feel of the Windows 95 interface became public, people have wondered about the "other" operating system--would Windows NT take on a a new user interface? […]

As Microsoft Corp. finalizes packaging for Windows 95, the company is cutting advanced features from the Windows 95 Exchange Inbox client and is putting them in other products. Microsoft is […]

Redmond, Wash. Supporting 400,000 VARs, solution providers and customers who are testing pre-release software is no small task. So, to help customers who paid to test-drive Windows 95, Redmond-based Microsoft […]

Think of it this way: Years ago, if you had suggested that sometime in the future, consumers would agree to shell out literally billions of dollars for the dubious privilege […]

ATLANTA--As Microsoft nears release of Windows 95, computer vendors serving the retail market face an inventory quandary as they attempt to plan fall product lines around the long-awaited launch. In […]

Whose bright idea was it to sell beta software to up to 400,000 of Microsoft Corp.'s most influential potential customers? Microsoft says the goal for the Windows 95 Preview Program […]

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Gates last week hedged his bets on Windows 95 availability, saying the promised August shipment date is "likely, not guaranteed." His wavering marks […]

The only thing more hyped in Atlanta than the 1996 Olympics is Windows 95 at Comdex -- this week, anyway. But while Microsoft Corp. will strive to underscore industry momentum […]

Technology watchers tend to get caught up in the features/function/pricing minutiae spouted by vendors about products. What they (myself included) lose sight of, however, is common sense. Take Windows 95...please. […]

Microsoft Corp's Windows 95 computer software operating system is expected to be introduced in Aug 1995. Meanwhile, the program is undergoing its final beta test at approximately 400,000 corporations. The delayed introduction of Windows 95 has kept some consumers waiting to upgrade their software until it is introduced. Because of their delay, most computer software manufacturers are expected to post poor quarterly results at the end of Mar 1995. Windows 95 is expected to dominate most discussions at the 1995 Spring/Comdex show., ATLANTA--Sure, there will be plenty of issues addressed at next week's Spring/Comdex including the Internet, PowerPC and Pentium. It's just that nothing will dominate the discussion, observers say, the way [...]