Month: October 1998

October 22, 1998

Microsoft will add several improvements to Office 2000 to make the product more accessible for people with disabilities when it is released during the first quarter of 1999.

October 22, 1998

Disability activists have long considered Greg Lowney the chief advocate within Microsoft for people with disabilities, because of his outstanding work to help Microsoft make the Internet, multimedia applications and the Windows operating

October 22, 1998

Microsoft showcased the company’s latest advances in Windows NT– including tools and initiatives designed to strengthen the NT platform and prepare customers for the future — and highlight the platform’s rapid adoption by Corporate IT.

October 22, 1998

Microsoft President Steve Ballmer will be joined by the Rev. Bernice King (daughter of Martin Luther King) when he presents a $100,000 check to William H. Gray, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund .

October 21, 1998

Microsoft announced a new data engine option for its popular Microsoft Access database.

October 21, 1998

More than $90,000 in software and hardware will be used to create computer labs in neighborhood senior centers.

October 21, 1998

These documents provide a detailed look at the actual contractual issues in dispute in this case.

October 20, 1998

Microsoft president Steve Ballmer announced that Travelers will use the Windows Distributed interNet Applications architecture for Financial Services (Windows DNAfs) to integrate its property and casualty computer systems for independent agents who sell its small-business insurance.