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June 29, 1998

Microsoft today ushered in the largest-ever beta test of database software, as more than 50,000 sites received Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 beta 3 for testing. 

June 29, 1998

For most PC users, Microsoft’s Windows 98 is a valuable improvement over Windows 95 — faster, more reliable, easier to use, and enhanced with many new entertainment and hardware capabilities – but for people with disabilities, Windows 98 is a godsend. 

June 26, 1998

At last night’s gala event celebrating the commercial launch of Windows 98, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates predicted that 60 percent of all homes in the United States will have personal computers by 2001, and 85 percent of those homes will be connected to the Internet.

June 26, 1998

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