“This week only eight of more than 7,000 applications ported
to Windows 2000 had been certified to run on it. That’s partly
because Microsoft Corp. has decided to clamp down on sloppy code,
but it’s also partly because server certification specifications
were late and because some application vendors are balking at the
high cost of certification.
The bottom line for users: Test your applications to make sure
they work properly with the new operating system.
Customers should definitely do internal testing before rolling
out applications that are merely ‘ready,’ said Peter Olledart,
group manager in charge of Windows 2000 certification at
Microsoft.”
“Microsoft said it still hopes to have more than 30
applications certified at launch and 100 to 150 applications six
months after that.”
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