Microsoft, H-P to unveil broad alliance over WIndows NT, business computing
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Microsoft and HP announced a broad alliance to promote Windows NT and develop technology to lower total cost of ownership. HP is expected to announce its version of the NetPC, the Microsoft-backed alternative to the network computer strategy. The alliance could be a blow to DEC, HP's major competitor in the midrange and workstation market. DEC has had a long standing partnership with Microsoft to promote Windows NT on its 64-bit Alpha chip-based systems. Some analysts suggest that the partnership will be weakened by the new HP-Microsoft agreement, but DEC executives claimed their company was far ahead of HP in supporting Windows NT. The HP-Microsoft alliance also further divides the industry into factions. IBM, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and Netscape are all backing technologies such as Java that would weaken Microsoft's control over the software market.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1997
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Stripped-Down PCs will be talk of Comdex
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Simple computer terminals optimized for Internet access may soon enjoy a boom market. These so-called information appliances could cost as little as $500, and they could pose a threat to the dominance of PC industry leaders Microsoft and Intel much as the emergence of the PC dethroned minicomputer powerhouses IBM and DEC. Microsoft is making aggressive forays into networking products, however. Best positioned for early success in the information appliance market are Sun Microsystems, with its Java programming language for Internet-based applications that work with any operating system or chip, and Oracle Corp. Sega Enterprises and Philips Electronics have plans to integrate Internet capabilities with television and gaming products. Information appliances are expected to be a popular discussion topic at the Comdex computer industry trade show.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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Rivals Microsoft and Netscape team up to protect consumer privacy on the Web
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Microsoft and Netscape Communications have both agreed to support the Open Profiling Standard (OPS), which is designed to protect the privacy of consumers on the Internet. OPS allows users of PCs to control the amount of personal information that a particular Web site has access to. The standard was seen as necessary by both of the software companies, as it is needed to facilitate the growth of electronic commerce, a market they will both benefit from. The companies also realize that personal profiles are an important part of the Internet's newest use, Web sites that are personalized to display or send only information that matches the specific profile. The World Wide Web consortium will be evaluating OPS technology.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1997
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