Computer feud enters a new phase

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Competition between one-time allies Microsoft Corp and IBM will heat up with the release of Microsoft's New Technology (NT) 32-bit operating system, scheduled to be released to developers in Jul 1992 and commercially in early 1993. NT is targeted not only at Microsoft's traditional audience of personal computer users but also at the workstation and mainframe platforms, putting it in direct competition with IBM's OS/2 2.0 operating system. At stake is the vast corporate data processing market, where IBM has long held a dominant position in both hardware and software. With hardware becoming more and more a commodity, operating systems have become the focal point of the computer industry, and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has suggested that whoever controls the market for 32-bit operating systems will also control the industry. Microsoft will face stiff competition in its attempt to establish NT as that dominant force; in addition to IBM's OS/2 2.0, 32-bit operating systems are either available or in the development stages at Apple, Sun Microsystems, Novell, Next and the IBM/Apple joint venture, Taligent.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Analysis, Planning, Microsoft Corp., Marketing, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Microsoft Windows NT (Operating system), Strategic Planning, 32-Bit, OS/2 2.0 (Operating system)

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New Sun operating system for PC's

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Sun Microsystems Inc demonstrates a version of its Solaris operating system that will run Microsoft Windows applications on microcomputers. Sun also introduces Solaris for IBM PC and compatibles, and discloses that it is developing Solaris versions for various machines using the Power PC chip of IBM, Motorola and Apple. Sun officials admit, however, that they are risking a legal battle with Microsoft with its adding a Windows capability to Solaris. The company does not have a licensing agreement with Microsoft. Solaris, due out by May 1993, will allow the company a foothold into the growing microcomputer market. Sun's flagship technical workstation line is facing competitive threats from Microsoft's Windows NT operating system and Intel's powerful Pentium microprocessor.

Computer terminals, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microcomputer, Product Development, Market Penetration, Solaris (Operating system)

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