This could be a problem, especially when servers running Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system offer industrial-strength computing for the first time.
Only now the complexity is really big: Microsoft's Windows 2000 has millions of lines of instructions, far more than any one person can possibly understand.
The question that remains is whether or not this proposed NDS integration will be as complete as Cisco's ongoing work to incorporate Microsoft's Windows 2000 Server-based Active Directory into its hardware management software.
Experts say there is no patch available for the flaw, which affects computers running Windows XP, ME, 2000 and Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
At the event, Microsoft will officially launch Windows 2000 Datacenter, the last of the four versions of the operating system.
Microsoft is now saying that Windows 2000 will not ship until the middle of 1999.
Instead of having several interfaces for each of its NT-based management tools as Microsoft has in the past, with Windows 2000 the company will offer a single, unified interface across all management tools, called the Microsoft Management Console.
Since source code for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 was found online on 13 February, the 200MB files have proved popular with many users of file-sharing and chat networks.
Microsoft has a long list of Windows 2000-centric products due out this year -- including Exchange 2000, SQL Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2000, Application Center 2000, BizTalk 2000, and Commerce Server 2000.
His case in point is Microsoft's biggest-ever cathedral, Windows 2000.
Microsoft now figures a lot of firms will adopt Windows 2000 by late next year, spurring PC sales.
But not everyone is optimistic about the tight coupling of Windows 2000's AD with other forthcoming Microsoft products.
Microsoft now figures that a lot of companies will adopt Windows 2000 by late next year and thereby spur PC sales.
Because Windows 95 shipped in 1995 and Windows 98 shipped in 1998, some industry watchers said they find it hard to believe Windows 2000 will come in 1999, as Microsoft executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer, relentlessly promised last week.
Originally, Microsoft was set to include a basic management tool for CLB within Windows 2000.
Windows 2000 looks almost certain to succeed, eventually taking Microsoft, for the first time, into the inner sanctum of the corporate data centre.
At the moment, 8, 000 applications are Windows 2000-compatible, but only about 30 are certified, said Microsoft's Valentine.
Microsoft Federal Systems will help design the ship's IT architecture based on the company's Windows 2000 platform.
Microsoft said the security problem introduced by its update would affect the relatively small number of users running Windows 2000.
According to the Microsoft Web site, the operating systems affected include Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 SP2, Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows 2000 SP4.
It is unclear if Microsoft will have voice support in Mobile Server, but it does not plan to offer speech recognition in Windows 2000 until some time in 2002.
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