Microsoft VP Andy Lees walked the TechEd crowd through a fast-paced set of demos and several new product roadmaps during his Tuesday morning keynote. If you looked closely, you could see lots of what to expect in "R2," the Windows Server release due out next year. Lees also took the wraps off some new features and add-ons to current products. And much to the appreciation of the TechEd crowd, he revealed that Microsoft has decided to extend support for all of its business software from seven years to ten years

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Tom Servo on 26 May 2004 - 09:01
R2, R-shmoo! Gimme a guest ID to sign up for the WMP10 beta instead! Since it's supposed to come out with R2.
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