Microsoft updates plans for 64-bit computing
Microsoft fleshed out its road map for transitioning customers to 64-bit computing and unveiled updates to several of its management and server products at its IT Forum 2005 conference in Barcelona today.
The server version of Microsoft's Longhorn operating system will come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, but Release 2 of Longhorn, scheduled for 2009, will be 64-bit only, said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Servers and Tools Business, in a speech at the conference.
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