TECHNOLOGY - July 28, 1993

Microsoft Set to Manufacture Windows NT: Microsoft Corp. released both the Microsoft Windows NT operating system and Windows NT Advanced Server to manufacturing. The Windows NT Advanced Server is being released 30 days ahead of schedule. Shipments of both products are scheduled to be available from software retailers and other sources--as well as direct from Microsoft--within three weeks. “Windows NT is one of the largest software projects ever undertaken,” said Paul Maritz, senior vice president of the systems division at Microsoft. More than 70,000 development kits for Windows NT have been shipped, and more than 2,000 new 32-bit applications for the Microsoft Windows and Windows NT operating systems are being developed for release over the coming months.