As NT has moved into more and more mission-critical environments, we've pumped that up over time our process for delivering quality product. In related news, Microsoft is paving the way for NT 5.0 Beta 2 with two highly targeted technical conferences in coming months. Focusing on editors, reviewers, and analysts, Microsoft has announced an Aug. 18 and 19 workshop on NT Server 5.0 and NT Workstation 5.0 in Seattle. The company will also host a Professional Developers Conference Oct. 12 to 15 in Denver, at which it is offering attendees an updated PDC version of NT 5.0 Beta 2. Beta 2 of NT 5.0 is supposed to ship this summer.
Final code is due sometime next year.