Compatiblequerymodetriggers the traditionalquerymethodsasutilizedinIBMCognos 8.4, andusersofthismode can expectsimilarorslightlyimprovedresponsetimes in IBM Cognos 10.
And its next-generation operating system, Copland, which is designed to work with both Macintosh and IBM-compatible machines, is due to be launched next year.
In a contractual masterstroke, Microsoft was allowed to licence the operating system to other manufacturers, spawning an industry of "IBM-compatible" personal computers which depended on Microsoft's operating system.