Many doors to Microsoft's new Windows
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Microsoft is planning a preview release of Internet Explorer 4.0, which includes a new set of features such as personalized information delivery, e-mail and video conferencing. By calling the test copy of Explorer 4.0 a preview release, Microsoft implies the software is less complete than a normal test software. Explorer 4.0 is considered to be an important aspect in Microsoft's attempt to dominate the Internet. With Explorer 4.0 the company hopes to erase the line between the Internet and PC, making the PC's screen a place to view anything from the most obscure Web site to files stored on the hard disk. Microsoft's strategy in achieving this is considered to be rather uncertain by software designers and a number of Microsoft's executives. Critics believe that by adding all the embellishments Microsoft has created a product that will simply confuse most users rather than benefit them.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Microsoft adding to Java and to Sun rift
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Microsoft today will announce new capabilities for its Java programming language version. Company executives said the move aims to bolster software programmers' performance and compatibility with Microsoft's Windows OS features. Microsoft is moving further from Sun Microsystems' '100 percent pure Java' standard by adding several new keywords to Java that will operate only on Windows. This shift certainly will deepen the hostility between Microsoft and Sun, which introduced Java in 1996 to meet the rising demand for computing style that was developing with the Internet and the World Wide Web. Microsoft will unveil an early version of its Visual J++ 6.0 programmer's tool kit, which the company says would support its Windows Foundation Classes special software libraries. Windows Foundation Classes are designed to make Java programs directly interoperable with Windows features.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Microsoft sees a major shift for computers
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Microsoft is attempting to leverage its dominant position in the software industry into a similar position in the Internet market. The company will soon distribute free software that will provide Windows 95 users with seamless connections to Web-based multimedia technology. The technology will be included in Internet Explorer 4.0, a Web browser that competes with Netscape's Navigator. Microsoft will test Internet Explorer 4.0 for the next few months and then plans to integrate it with Windows 95. Explorer will be distributed free over the Internet so that existing Windows 95 users can add it to their operating systems. The software will make it easier to locate information, whether on the Internet or a hard disk. It also facilitates the addition of audio, video and still images to documents or messages.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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