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* When Microsoft Corp. ships its Cairo update to Windows NT next year, it will also ship an update to Windows 95 that enables the client to tightly integrate with the server operating system, said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Gates last week.
In fact, once Cairo ships, the company plans to release upgrades to both platforms simultaneously from then on.
"The benefit to customers of having the low-end version [of Windows] and the high-end version [of Windows NT] justifies us going to a lot of hard work to keep those things in sync," Gates said.
"Over time, we've got to get the two release dates lined up, so when we come out with Cairo, we will do a modest release of the desktop version to line up with [it]....