“The 64-bit Windows effort passed a key milestone Wednesday when
Microsoft released a pre-beta version of Windows 2000 64-bit
Edition at its Professional Developers Conference here.”
“Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates
told the show attendees that moving from 32-bit to 64-bit
development will be much easier than the previous move from 16-bit
to 32-bit.”
“Smoothly transitioning Windows to 64-bit computing is key for
the Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, which hopes to further push
Windows 2000 into the enterprise and show that it can compete with
competing high-end systems.”