Now It's All Windows 2000

	Now It's All Windows 2000
Windows NT 5.0 became Windows 2000 in an announcement by Microsoft on Oct. 27, 1998. The company said it changed the name to make it clear that its 32-bit enterprise-oriented operating system is now "a mainstream product for all businesses on both the client (user desktop) and server." In addition, Microsoft intends to use the NT kernel as the basis of all the company's PC operating systems, from consumer PCs to high-performance servers. Specifically, Windows NT Workstation 5.0 is now called Windows 2000 Professional. Windows NT Server 5.0 is now Windows 2000 Server. Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition is now Windows 2000 Advanced Server. And the company is adding Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, designed for large-scale multiprocessing, data warehousing, and other heavy-duty processing jobs. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, and Windows CE are retaining their current names.

Windows NT 5.0 became Windows 2000 in an announcement by Microsoft on Oct. 27, 1998. The company said it changed the name to make it clear that its 32-bit enterprise-oriented operating system is now "a mainstream product for all businesses on both the client (user desktop) and server." In addition, Microsoft intends to use the NT kernel as the basis of all the company's PC operating systems, from consumer PCs to high-performance servers.

Specifically, Windows NT Workstation 5.0 is now called Windows 2000 Professional. Windows NT Server 5.0 is now Windows 2000 Server. Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition is now Windows 2000 Advanced Server. And the company is adding Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, designed for large-scale multiprocessing, data warehousing, and other heavy-duty processing jobs.

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, and Windows CE are retaining their current names.