Press Releases

May 7, 1996

Microsoft Corp. and Tandem Computers Inc. today announced a strategic alliance that will further accelerate the adoption of the Microsoft(r) Windows NT(r) Server network operating system by customers of business-critical servers.

May 6, 1996

Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. today announced they are collaborating on a new universal font format that will combine today’s leading TrueType(r) and Type 1 font technologies.

May 6, 1996

Jay Conrad Levinson exclusively previews a chapter from his newest book on the emerging “profit alliances” trend on the Microsoft Small Business Resource World Wide Web site.

May 2, 1996

Microsoft announced publication of a document that describes the binary network protocol for DCOM – the Distributed Component Object Model – a key ActiveX technology for building powerful Internet and intranet applications.

April 30, 1996

Microsoft Corp. today updated its Microsoft BackOffice family of integrated server software to include messaging and groupware, a high-performance Web server and an updated database, all with built-in support for the Internet and intranets.

April 30, 1996

Vendors looking to develop leading-edge business applications are rushing to embrace the Microsoft BackOffice family as their platform of choice.

April 30, 1996

Microsoft announced at Cable ’96 that Time Warner Cable, Comcast Cable Communications Inc., Compagnie Générale de Videocommunication (CGV) and Singapore CableVision (SCV) will integrate Microsoft software on their cable networks.

April 30, 1996

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0, the next major upgrade to its popular Web browser, will be the first to implement industry standards that will make video, voice and data communications over the Internet as easy and commonplace as an ordinary phone call.

April 30, 1996

Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 2.0 offers the broadest international support of any browser on the market today, delivering on Microsoft Corp.’s commitment to providing support for all popular platforms to users around the world.

April 30, 1996

Delivering on its commitment to cross-platform support, Microsoft Corp. today released Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for the Windows 3.1 operating system. Users of Windows 3.1 can now access the Internet with a high-speed, feature-rich Web browser for a 16-bit environment.