October 8, 1997 Number of Applications for Windows NT Directory Services Increases By 325 Percent in Less Than a Year Windows NT Directory Services Is the Overwhelming Choice of Customers and Developers
October 8, 1997 Metadata Coalition Announces Support for Microsoft Repository Coalition Focuses on Repository and the Open Information Model For Tool, Component Interoperability
October 8, 1997 Sidewalk Content Launches on NBC’s Interactive Neighborhood NBC Will Provide Sidewalk Entertainment Content Through Its Local Online Site Launching Today
October 8, 1997 Microsoft to Include WavePhore’s WaveTop Software in Windows 98 WaveTop Is the First Data Broadcast Service to Build On Top of Windows 98 Open Broadcast Architecture
October 7, 1997 Microsoft shares technology vision with today and tomorrow’s leaders, to help shape Britain’s future Gates meets with Rt Hon Tony Blair MP and senior cabinet ministers, and addresses 250 University of Cambridge undergraduates to share a vision of technology’s role in Britain’s future
October 7, 1997 Sidewalk, the Personalized City Guide to Entertainment, Goes Live in San Francisco San Francisco Sidewalk™ city guide, published by Microsoft Corp., is now available on the World Wide Web at (http://sidewalk.com/).
October 7, 1997 Retail Industry Embraces ActiveStore Architecture Microsoft ActiveStore Initiative Gains Customer Support and Guidance; Develops Steering Committee
October 7, 1997 Microsoft Releases Latest SDK for Java Version 2.0 Includes Highly Acclaimed Microsoft Virtual Machine, Application Foundation Classes (AFC) and J/Direct
October 7, 1997 Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1997 Newsmakers Survey Reveals Who’s Hot and Who’s Not Fifth-Anniversary Encarta Deluxe Edition Debuts Research Organizer and Closed Captioning
October 7, 1997 Handheld PC Users Stay Connected From Tax Managers to Computer Analysts, People Across the United States Depend on Microsoft Windows CE-Based H/PCs