Windows Datacenter: Two years in the high end
ENT News | at | by Mike
Microsoft's entry into a new market is usually as subtle as a large man screaming "Cannonball!" and leaping into a swimming pool. Inflammatory anti-Sun Microsystems comments from Microsoft president Steve Ballmer aside, Microsoft took a different route with Windows Datacenter Server.
Microsoft slid into the high-end server operating system market like a fullback ducking behind blockers for an end run. The aggressive go-getters in Redmond are letting respected enterprise partners like Unisys, IBM and HP do most of the talking about Datacenter Server when it comes to selling it to skeptical glasshouse administrators. Two years after releasing Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, and on the eve of the launch of Windows .NET Datacenter Server, Microsoft seems satisfied enough with the results to maintain this uncharacteristic approach.