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`SEPTEMBER 19, 1994
`
`NEWS
`Microsoft set to ship NT 3.5
`
`Will bolster push into enterprise with SMS release
`
`BY DOUG BARNEY
`
`Microsoft Corp. is ready to
`launch what may be its boldest
`push yet into enterprisewide
`computing with the release of
`Windows NT 3.5 this month
`and is preparing a second line
`of attack with several related
`server software offerings.
`NT 3.5, with both Worksta-
`tion and Server versions for
`Intel, MlPS-based. and Digital
`Equipment Corp. Alpha-based
`platforms, should be widely
`available by the end of the
`month. Microsoft officials said.
`A PowerPC version will be
`delayed but is on its way.
`Among its new features, the
`release of what
` was code-
`named Daytona will offer 32-
`bit to 16-bit OLE 2.0 interoper-
`ability, long file names, support
`: for Silicon Graphics OpenGL
`! three-dimensional libraries.
`| faster IPX stacks,
` and new
`I administrationiools.
`Many users are looking for-
`ward to NT 3.5, not necessarily
`because of its new features, but
`for the increased stability it
`offers.
`"3.5 is the mother of all bug
`fixes. It is a worthy production
`product now,"
` said Grant
`Smith, systems engineer at
`Cogito Economic Systems Inc.,
`a data systems design firm in
`Hjjlside, N.J. Smith has already
`nfoved four production servers
`over to the beta software.
`With NT Server 3.5 out of the
`way, Microsoft hopes to ship its
`Systems Management Server
`— code-named Hermes
` —
`SQL Server 4.21A, and SNA
`Server 2.1 before the end of the
`year, according to Mike Nash,
`group manager for NT Server.
`The final weapon in Micro-
`soft's arsenal, the Exchange
`messaging and groupware sys-
`tem, is scheduled to enter its
`final round of beta testing in
`
`Visual C + + 2.0 Include* new Wizards for adding Microsoft
`Foundation Class Libraries to applications.
`
`Some developers balk at
`Microsoft's 32-bit push
`
`MIKE RICCIUTI include
`
`As Windows NT 3.5 heads for
`the final
` stretch,
` Microsoft
`Corp. is not-so-gently nudging
`developers toward a 32-bit
`world with a 32-bit update of its
`Visual C++ development tool,
`to be unveiled this week at
`Windows World in Dallas.
`But some developers said last
`week they may not be ready to
`make the move.
`When Visual C++ 2.0 ships
`30 days after final delivery of
`NT 3.5, it will run on and de-
`velop applications for Windows
`NT 3:5 and the upcoming Win-
`dows 95 on Intel-based plat-
`forms, Microsoft officials said.
`(See First Look, page 148.)
`Add-ons that
` will
` allow
`developers to develop applica-
`tions for the Macintosh, as well
`as NT for MlPS-based and
`Digital Equipment
` Corp.
`Alpha-based platforms, are due
`to ship by the end of the year.
`Visual C++ ships on a CD-
`ROM that includes both 16-
`and 32-bit versions. But the 16-
`bit version is an older release.
`Visual C++ 1.51, that doesn't
`
` Visual C++ 2.0's new
`include Visual C++ 2,0's new
`features, and company officials
`confirmed that Microsoft is not
`planning to update its 16-bit
`offerings.
`Some developers consider
`this unabashed attempt
` to
`move the development commu-
`nity wholesale to Microsoft's
`32-bit platforms an affront.
`"I wish Microsoft
` would
`acknowledge that
` there are
`some users who can't yet target
`32-bit operating systems," said
`Joe Schwartz, a consulting soft-
`ware engineer at Bankers Trust
`Co. in New York. Like the
`overwhelming majority
` of
`Windows developers, Schwartz
`develops applications for the
`16-bit Windows 3.1.
`Until Windows
` 95 ships
`sometime in the first half of
`next year, Windows NT 3.5 and
`the Macintosh will offer the
`only target platforms for Visual
`C++ 2.0 development.
`"That's a problem if you have
`older code to support," said
`Jim Bohannon.ja software engi-
`neer with Perkj'n-Elmer Corp.'s
`Applied Biosystems Division in
`Foster City, GHjf.
`
`P r o d u ct S p o t l i g ht
`
`Novell/WordPerfect improves Quattro Pro with 6.0
`
`Novell/WordPerfect's Quattro Pro 6.0 for Win-
`dows offers substantial improvements over the
`previous version. Highlights include redesigned
`menus and toolbars, one-step hot-linking to
`external databases, and in-cell editing. The new
`Formula Composer exceeds Microsoft Corp.
`Excel's Function Wizard in some ways. After you
`choose a function, Quattro Pro displays a tree
`diagram of the function that expands as you add
`arguments. While working, you view a detailed
`description, often with an example. The product
`is rumored to be announced next week; details on
`pricing were not available. For complete cover-
`age of the new product, see the First Look on
`page 147.
`
`January, although no final
`release date has been set.
`"The real significance is that
`now people can not only under-
`stand intellectually that NT is
`part of a family, but they can
`actually stitch them together,"
`said Robert Guaraldi. president
`of Valinor Inc.. a systems inte-
`gration company in Man-
`chester, N.H.
`Now that Microsoft is pitch-
`ing this integrated software
`family, the company's market-
`ing heads have decreed that a
`more consistent pricing model
`is also required, sources inside
`the company said.
`With NT 3.5. Microsoft will
`launch a new per-node gradu-
`ated pricing scheme that will
`apply to all future and existing
`Microsoft server
` products,
`according to a source within
`Microsoft.
`Customers will be charged
`$699 per copy of NT Server,
`plus $39.95 for each NT node
`running on the network.
`"We want to make it more
`affordable, so you wjll pay for
`what you get as you add users."
`said another source close to the
`NT team.
`The previous version of NT
`
`Advanced Server cost $1,495
`for an unlimited number of
`users.
`Microsoft is also devising a
`plan that will allow third-party
`software developers to bundle
`NT 3.5 and otjier Microsoft
`server products
` with their
`applications, said Dwayne
`Walker. Microsoft
` general
`manager of worldwide sales
`and marketing.
`Microsoft is not yet in active
`negotiations with software ven-
`dors. according to Nash.
`But the plan has been put on
`the table with the goal of gar-
`nering third-party endorse-
`ments of NT and expanding the
`numbers of sales representa-
`tives, spreading the word about
`Version 3.5.
`Some ISVs said last week
`that the bundling scheme may
`also help them get their own
`software to <^&tomers.
`"It could be a go^d way to let
`someone experience our prod-
`uct, even if they don't (already]
`have NT." said Kirk Cruik-
`shank. vice president of mar-
`keting for
` Arbor
` Software
`Corp. in Sunnyvale.
` Calif.,
`makers of the Essbase OLAP
`database server.
`
`Windows NT 3.5 not alone:
`pair of suites to back up OS
`
`BY ILAN GREENBERG
`
`Microsoft Corp. isn't going to
`let Windows NT 3.5 hit the
`streets alone.
`By year's end, Microsoft
`will also deliver a server
`suite, called BackOffice, that
`will bundle Windows NT
`Server with the Systems
`Management Server,
` SQL
`Server, SNA Server, Win-
`dows NT Server, and Mail
`Server, said Rolf Skoglund.
`vice president of Microsoft's
`organization business unit in
`Europe, at a European ana-
`lyst briefing last week.
`Compaq Computer Corp.
`has already indicated it will
`start selling ProLiant servers
`optimized for BackOffice in
`the fourth quarter, said Gary
`Stimac, senior vice president
`and general
` manager
` of
`Compaq's systems division.
`BackOffice will cost $2,199
`per server plus $309 for each
`PC connected to the server.
`Microsoft plans to support
`the new Workstation version
`of the OS with the release of
`
`Office for NT within 30 days
`of Daytona's debut.
`The Office for NT Work-
`station applications will re-
`tain the core code and appear
`identical to the Windows
`Office applications. But the
`NT versions will be faster and
`have better resource manage-
`ment, saidpoan Morse, Excel
`group protiuct manager.
`The NT version of Word
`6.0 will also offer multi-
`threaded printing,
` which
`allows users to work on a
`document while the file is fed
`to the printer.
`Both Word 6.0 and Excel
`5.0 for NT will be 32-bit. The
`third Office application. Pow-
`erPoint 3.0, will be offered
`initially in a 16-bit version.
`Office for NT will be priced
`at $499. Any single Office for
`NT application is priced at
`$399; an upgrade for Win-
`dows 3.1 users is $129.
`—Cara A. Cunningham and
`Torsten Busse, European cor-
`respondents for IDG News
`Service, contributed to this I
`report.
`
`SONY EXHIBIT 1042- Page 2
`INFOWORLD
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`

`

`Microsoft set to ship NT 3.5
`
`Will bolster push into enterprise with SMS release
`
`BY DOUG BARNEY
`
`Microsoft Corp. is ready to
`launch what may be its boldest
`push yet into enterprisewide
`computing with the release of
`Windows NT 3.5 this month
`and is preparing a second line
`of attack with several related
`server software offerings.
`NT 3.5, with both Worksta-
`tion and Server versions for
`Intel, MlPS-based, and Digital
`Equipment Corp. Alpha-based
`platforms, should be widely
`available by the end of the
`month, Microsoft officials said.
`A PowerPC version will be
`delayed but is on its way.
`Among its new features, the
`release of what
` was code-
`named Daytona will offer 32-
`bit to 16-bit OLE 2.0 interoper-
`ability, long file names, support
`for Silicon Graphics OpenGL
`three-dimensional libraries,
`faster IPX stacks, and new
`administration tools.
`Many users are looking for-
`ward to NT 3.5, not necessarily
`because of its new features, but
`for the increased stability it
`offers.
`"3.5 is the mother of all bug
`fixes. It is a worthy production
`product now," said Grant
`Smith, systems engineer at
`Cogito Economic Systems Inc.,
`a data systems design firm in
`Hillside, N.J. Smith has already
`moved four production servers
`o^er to the beta software.
`With NT Server 3.5 out of the
`way, Microsoft hopes to ship its
`Systems Management Server
`— code-named Hermes —
`SOL Server 4.21A, and SNA
`Server 2.1 before the end of the
`year, according to Mike Nash,
`group manager for NT Server.
`The final weapon in Micro-
`soft's arsenal, the Exchange
`messaging and groupware sys-
`tem, is scheduled to enter its
`final round of beta testing in
`
`January, although no final
`release date has been set.
`"The real significance is that
`now people can not only under-
`stand intellectually that NT is
`part of a family, but they can
`actually stitch them together,"
`said Robert Guaraldi. president
`of Valinor Inc., a systems inte-
`gration company in Man-
`chester. N.H.
`Now that Microsoft is pitch-
`ing this integrated software
`family, the company's market-
`ing heads have decreed that a
`more consistent pricing model
`is also required, sources inside
`the company said.
`With NT 3.5. Microsoft will
`launch a new per-node gradu-
`ated pricing scheme that will
`apply to all future and existing
`Microsoft server
` products,
`according to a source within
`Microsoft.
`Customers will be charged
`$699 per copy of NT Server,
`plus $39.95 for each NT node
`running on the network.
`"We want to make it more
`affordable, so you will pay for
`what you get as you add users."
`said another source close to the
`NT team.
`The previous version of NT
`
`Advanced Server cost $1,495
`for an unlimited number of
`users.
`Microsoft is also devising a
`plan that will allow third-party
`software developers to bundle
`NT 3.5 and otjier Microsoft
`server products with their
`applications, said Dwayne
`Walker. Microsoft
` general
`manager of worldwide sales
`and marketing.
`Microsoft is not yet in active
`negotiations with software ven-
`dors, according to Nash.
`But the plan has been put on
`the table with the goal of gar-
`nering third-party endorse-
`ments of NT and expanding the
`numbers of sales representa-
`tives,spreading the word about
`Version 3.5.
`Some ISVs said last week
`that the bundling scheme may
`also help them get their own
`software to customers.
`"It could bt a good way to let
`someone expeiicnge our prod-
`uct, even if they don't [already]
`have NT," said Kirk Cruik-
`shank, vice president of mar-
`keting for Arbor Software
`Corp. in Sunnyvale,
` Calif.,
`makers of the Essbase OLAP
`. database server.
`
`Windows NT 3.5 not alone:
`pair of suites to back up OS
`
`BY I LAN GREENBERG
`
`Office for NT within 30 days
`of Daytona's debut.
`Microsoft Corp. isn't going to
`The Office for NT Work-
`let Windows NT 3.5 hit the
`station applications will re-
`streets alone.
`tain the core code and appear
`By year's end, Microsoft
`identical to the Windows
`will also deliver a server
`Office applications. But the
`suite, called BackOffice, that
`NT versions will be faster and
`will bundle Windows NT
`have better resource manage-
`Server with the Systems
`ment, said Joan Morse, Excel
`Management Server,
` SQL
`group product manager.
`Server, SNA Server, Win-
`The Nil version of Word
`dows NT Server, and Mail
`6.0 will also offer multi-
`Server, said Rolf Skoglund.
`threaded printing,
` which
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