“Microsoft…today detailed the specific features each version
of Windows 2000, formerly called Windows NT, will offer and said it
will deliver in early September a second ‘release
candidate’…”
“Microsoft executives today said the company is still on
track to ship the final version of Windows 2000 by the end of the
year. It all depends on the second release candidate…”
“The Advanced Server will support eight processors and can
cluster together two servers, while the Datacenter can support 32
processors and cluster four servers together.”
“A feature found only on the Datacenter version allows users to
set priorities for certain applications. For example, users can
give priority to online transactions during the day but at night,
give priority to inventory reports… Microsoft will deliver the
Datacenter edition three to four months after the other versions
ship. Pricing won’t be announced until Microsoft ships the final
versions…”
“Among the new features in Windows 2000 is new technology called
IntelliMirror, which will allow users to store an ‘image’ of their
desktops on a back-end Windows 2000 server system.”
