Microsoft and Digital in a deal that expands partnership

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Microsoft strengthens its commitment to a partnership with DEC in an effort to establish the Windows NT operating system as the corporate network standard. Microsoft allocates $100 million for training Digital engineers to create and support products based on Windows NT. Microsoft and DEC further announce that the companies will cross-license all patents, a strikingly unusual move for the usually guarded Microsoft. DEC plans to start a development team at Microsoft headquarters to facilitate joint engineering and design products. DEC plans to base its push toward Alpha-based machines and claims that machines loaded with Windows NT are the most rapidly growing segment of its business. Microsoft pledges to develop software for Alpha-based machines at the same pace it develops products for Intel-chip-based machines. Microsoft plans to build on DEC's traditional strength in the departmental server market.

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Software that pits alarmists against devil's advocates

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Data security expert Dan Farmer is set to release Satan, a software program designed to help network administrators across the globe determine the level of security in their networks. However, the program will allow other users to identify weaknesses in nearly any network connected to the Internet, with or without permission. Some in the data-security industry are worried that Satan will be used by hackers to illegally access networks at large companies, military installations and government agencies. SRI Inc, a trusted technology think tank, tested the software and issued a report warning against possible harm associated with using the program. Donn Parker, an SRI researcher, says the program is so easy to use, a hacker may use it without knowing its full impact.

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