This was a lot more than just rumors.  It was the obvious next step.  The only
questions now are:  Is it stable? Is it Y2K compliant?



Denys Beauchemin wrote:

> X-no-Archive:yes
> Read about it at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/Oct98/NT5.0Pr.htm
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
> HICOMP America, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Joe Geiser [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Tuesday, 27 October, 1998 12:05 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        FW: Announcing New Naming for the Windows NT 5.0 Family
> Importance:     High
>
> Hello Listers,
>
> Well, you heard it here first (I think)
>
> >>> This morning at 9:30am, at a press conference in San Francisco we are
> excited to announce that we will be changing the name of the Windows NT 5.0
> family of products. The Windows NT 5.0 product line will be called Windows
> 2000. In order to ensure customers are aware that these products are based
> on the Windows NT kernel we will introduce and market the tagline "Built on
> NT Technologies". This tagline will help our many customers who know and
> understand the value of NT. <<<
>
> There will be four versions:
>
> Windows 2000 Professional (formerly NT 5.0 Workstation)
>
> Windows 2000 Server - up to 2-way SMP
>
> Windows 2000 Advanced Server - up to 4-way SMP plus large physical memories.
> Current 8-way SMP configurations can also take advantage of this server.
>
> Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - up to 16-way SMP and up to 64GB Memory
> depending on architecture.
>
> There were rumors about this -- now it's official.
>
> Best Regards,
> Joe (don't shoot the messenger)
>
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