Microsoft has once again tweaked the name of the successor to Windows 2000 Server, in a move that suggests its official release won't come until next year.
During the Redmond, Wash.-based company's annual employee meeting this week, executives revealed that the follow-up to Windows 2000 Server will be called Windows .Net Server 2003.
Microsoft developed the high-end operating system under the code-name Whistler. In April 2001, it officially named the product Windows 2002 Server. Microsoft later changed the name to Windows .Net Server and has now added 2003 to the product.
The tweaking of the name is another sign that the twice-delayed .Net Server will not reach the majority of customers before early 2003, analysts say. In October 2000, Microsoft said the product would ship in the second half of 2001. In April 2001, Microsoft pushed back delivery of the product, which is an essential component of the company's .Net Web services strategy, to early 2002. In March, the software giant again delayed delivery until the second half of 2002.
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Sep 2, 2002, 09:22 AM
Net Server's new name suggests delay
