“Questions continue to swirl around Microsoft’s monolithic
Windows 2000 operating system, with speculation over the launch
date becoming rampant as the company pulled yet another feature
from the operating system.”
“While the official launch date remains in question, one thing
that is for certain about the final version of Windows
2000 is that it no longer includes Microsoft’s in-memory
database technology, which is designed to provide an extra level of
cache-to-speed interactions between the OS and stored
data.
While Karan Khanna, the lead product manager for Windows 2000 at
Microsoft, explained away the feature’s exclusion by pointing to
SQL Server 7.0’s caching capabilities as sufficient for most users,
thereby obviating the need for the in-memory database, some feel
the omission could leave a hole in Windows 2000’s
functionality.”
“One possible option for Microsoft now… is to develop and sell
the technology as a separate product sometime down the road.
However, Khanna would not commit to any plans, saying only that the
company has gone back to the drawing board with the
technology.”