Microsoft will spend three times more on NGWS than the U.S. spent putting a man on the moon. Microsoft's brave new dot-net world. Microsoft reveals plans for Web-based software services. Long-awaited vision for future of computing includes strategy for enabling Windows software for the Web. Gates christens e-bet Microsoft.
Net is integration to the max.
Microsoft's new strategy may change the company as much as its products. Netscape founder allies with ex-nemesis Microsoft. Marc Andreesen's Loudcloud to become development partner as part of Microsoft. Microsoft initiative draws yawns from rivals. Sun, IBM dismiss initiative as too little, too late.