As Economy Softens, Microsoft Ramps Up Research
Even as the world economy languishes, Microsoft is putting an increasing focus on its research efforts in areas well beyond its traditional desktop and office software domain.
Microsoft has been working on Everest for about two years and experimented with it on the company's SQL Server product. Donnelly said Everest is fairly mature, but no decision has been made yet about when or how it will become a product.
"We'd love to see this in Windows 7 but this is a research project," Donnelly said.
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