| Just weeks after federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled Microsoft a monopoly for its integration tactics, the company is preparing to tie even more functions to Windows.
With the introduction of its upcoming Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS) planned for this spring, Microsoft is looking to remake the company in the image of the Internet — or according to some accounts, remake the Internet in its own image.
NGWS is Microsoft’s effort to let e-business services built on Windows 2000 to be accessed by multiple classes of devices, ranging from smart phones to handheld computers to PCs. NGWS will be a set of enabling technologies that allows seamless communication between applications and server platforms from multiple vendors. | 