Microsoft on the Ropes
Computing Service keynotes Volume 24 Number 5 April-May 1998 Microsoft on the Ropes Can the software giant defend itself against charges from the US Department of Justice and the EC? Also in this Issue: york.announce New software New PCs in Alcuin Library CD-ROMs over the network! keynotes Volume 24, Number 5 From the Editor The year progresses apace, and we contents have many things to tell you about. The Windows 95 service has been news in brief updated again—there's a lot of new Millennium news 1 software to try out. We also have an Staff news 1 article about upgrading to Windows Information Desk news 1 95, if you haven't done so already. Information Desk statistics 1 Plus we have many other articles, covering the Millennium, up-to-date administrative computing, and CD- Athens3 2 ROM networks. Quite an issue! Internet firewall 2 ❖❖❖ Changes to dialup service 2 Offensive e-mail 2 Ah yes, Microsoft. Can't live with MIS news 4 them, can't compute without them. York announces york.announce! 5 But the corporation has come under windows 95 info increasing scrutiny over the last few Upgrading to Windows 95 3 months over its practices concerning PC Classroom Windows 3.1 support 3 its Internet browser, Internet Windows 95 software update 6 Explorer. Our feature story covers Tcl/Tk 6-7 this, and gives you an idea why the issue is so very important. library information 10 ❖❖❖ Finally, a note: Keynotes will be feature article: published only once during this summer. We have many things developing in the Computing Service, microsoft on the ropes 7-9 but they will not be ready until later in the summer.
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