Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Mcrosofts launches beta for AMD’s Opteron chip

Techworld reports that Microsoft has launched the first general public beta for its <A HREF="http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&newsid=839">Windows Server 2003 64-bit operating system designed for AMD's Opteron chip</A>. The Windows Server 2003 64-bit Extended System preview is available only in the Enterprise Edition. Only a few 64-bit applications are compatible with the beta, according to Microsoft, including Computer Associates eTrust Anti-Virus beta for AMD 64-bit and Microsoft's own SQL Server "Yukon" beta. The 32-bit applications that are compatible include IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition 7.2, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Lotus Domino Server 6.0, J.D. Edwards ERP 8.0 and SAP R/3 4.7.

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