And although many of IBM's efforts in corporate markets, such as e-commerce, will center around the mainframe version of DB2, it is the NT version of DB2 that is clearly driving its database business in small and medium-size companies.
International Data Corp. figures Windows NT is installed on 4.6 million servers and growing at 25% a year.
So, at least from some perspectives, the NT is itself an explosive plot twist relative to the Hebrew Bible.
Miller's current company is a pure NT environment using a multiple-master domain model.
International Data Corp. figures that Windows NT is installed on 4.6 million servers and that installations are growing at 25% a year worldwide.
But under Gates relentless drumming, Windows NT is exploding, growing from less than 25% of units shipped in 1996 to nearly 40% last year.
In fact, the MTA that forms the core of Sendmail for NT is the same as the open source MTA currently used in Unix versions of the product.
The idea of a central management console for all server and desktop administration tools is a complete change for NT users and should give managers greater control over more NT resources.
"One of the most intriguing results from the National's NT Live screenings is that, despite lower expectations, cinema audiences reported higher levels of emotional engagement with the production than theatre audiences, " the report said.
Already the noise in the trade press surrounding Windows NT 5.0 is building to a feverish pitch.
With an active directory and new security features, NT 5.0 is in the second phase of a three-part beta-testing cycle.
The greatest stipulation was that the raw kernel of Windows 8, the Windows NT kernel, which is the sweet-spot for true innovation, would not be accessible to Nokia.
"Now that Service Pack 4 for NT 4.0 has shipped with a lot of cool stuff, NT 4.0 is a solid product with an impressive installed rate, " he added.
They know that weighing in at a reported 35 million-plus lines of code (NetWare 5 has about 10 million lines), Windows NT 5.0 is likely to be late, unwieldy and buggy.
Most smaller databases run on NT, and this market is growing twice as fast as terabyte-plus warehouses.
"The more functionality you have, the more likelihood there is for a security vulnerability, and Windows NT just keeps building more and more functionality in there, " Winkler said.
Currently, in large NT 4.0 networks, user data is distributed across multiple domains.
But like an alcoholic who hits rock-bottom and reaches out for help, the latest news suggests that Nortel (nyse: NT - news - people ) is finally facing up to its problems.
's Active Directory, which is part of Windows 2000 (the next version of Windows NT, due to ship this year).
McGuire says a key addition is the built-in client for accessing applications on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, or Win 2000 Server.
But Schacter warns that NetWare 5.1 is probably not going to turn a lot of heads at Unix or NT shops.
These evoke a sense of awe and wonder, of visceral truths and inchoate depths, and of literary curiosity, that is hard to find or even imagine in literature as historically-situated as the NT (and most anything since then).
Operating Systems: In fiscal 1997, OS sales represented about 52.7% of Microsoft's revenues, but as Windows NT gains a foothold in the corporate world, this side of the business is assured even greater success.
Even more worrisome for NT: In the grand scheme of building a network, a particular operating system is not all that important.
Also working in Novells favor is the somewhat unsurprising fact that Microsoft keeps postponing the shipment of its competing product, Windows NT 5.0.
The challenge for Rose now is to shift the old Digital customers over to new Compaq servers utilizing Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
The challenge for Rose now is to shift the customers Compaq inherited from Digital over to new Compaq servers utilizing Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
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