December 1997 Info Systems Newswire

Bill Zeigler, Zeigler Associates

Professional Services Committee, LCCA

Computer Info Systems Committee, AGC

• In an interim decision issued Dec 11, a federal judge ruled that Microsoft cannot require bundling of Windows 95 with Internet Explorer, but failed to grant the Justice Department's request that Microsoft be fined $1 million a day in penalties.
• By PC Week Labs Staff - 10.15.97: A few months in the Internet ring is enough to make Netscape Communications Corp.'s Communicator 4.0 a veteran, with known strengths and weaknesses. Microsoft Corp.'s recently released Internet Explorer 4.0 shows more fancy footwork than Communicator, but may reveal a glass jaw when exposed to the pressure of regular use
• Netscape Composer has the HTML edge over FrontPage - by Herb Bethoney, PC Week Labs 10.15.97: Both Microsoft Corp.'s FrontPage Express and Netscape Communications Corp.'s Composer, included with each company's Internet suite, provide basic HTML editing capabilities, but Composer is better integrated into the Communicator 4.0 suite, sharing a similar look and feel with the Navigator browser
• In Oct 96, Novell changed it’s Netware name to IntranetWare – the next Version 5.0 will revive the Netware name.
• Lotus claims a 26% share of the desktop Suite market.
• A memory architecture change is expected in a little over a year to catch up to CPU advances – CPU performance has increased 60-fold while memory has done so only 5-fold.
• Intel is realigning business units and product offering – rather than offering one-size-fits-all, the Pentium II product line will be developed into small / medium / large system models.
• The Year 2000 problem will get additional comment in future Newswire notes.

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