Microsoft prepares for a busy 2003
WinInfo | at | by Mike
After facing down the financially troubled year 2002 in fine form, software giant Microsoft is looking ahead to 2003, a year in which the company will unleash an unprecedented collection of desktop and server software and services. In 2003, Microsoft will enter what it calls the .NET release phase, which follows the XP release cycle and precedes the Yukon phase. During this phase, the company will release Windows .NET Server 2003 and a host of other products that are based on its long-awaited .NET technologies.
Notable software releases from Microsoft in 2003 will include Visual Studio .NET 2003 (code-named "Everett"); "Office 11," the next generation of Microsoft Office; Exchange 2003 Server (code-named "Titanium"); "Jupiter," its consolidated e-Business server; SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit); various XML-based Web services that the company isn't detailing at this time; SharePoint Team Services 2.0, which will ship alongside Office 11; "XDocs," an integrated Office 11 component for interacting with server-side data via XML, etc...