Microsoft Corp, Digital Equipment Corp and Intel Corp, all members of the ACE Consortium, are holding a press conference today in San Francisco – the same day as the Open Software Foundation shows off its latest technology: the event – also involving Compaq Computer Corp and Silicon Graphics Inc, but not ace ACE MIPS Computer Systems Inc – could provide more details on Microsoft’s progress with New Technology, or Windows NT mode as it’s increasingly becoming known; early copies of NT are expected before the end of the year or in January and DEC has been working closely with Microsoft on NT – the chief designer is, after all, VMS chief architect David Cutler – and has apparently been encouraging Microsoft to include DEC networking technologies within NT; it already has a prototype version up and running on a DECstation, and is also said to be interested in NT for its forthcoming RISC-based VAXes; it plans to offer NT alongside its Santa Cruz Operation Inc Open Desktop offerings on the first of its ACE-compliant systems, which should begin shipping next summer.
