XP can purchase a new "Windows XP Ready PC" today that meets the system requirements for the new operating system, allowing them to upgrade to Windows XP the day it ships, thanks to the Windows XP Ready PC Program. Compaq Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp., eMachines Inc., Equus Computer Systems, Gateway Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., KDS Computers, MicronPC, Northgate Computers, Premio Computer Inc., Sony, Systemax Inc. and Toshiba are current PC manufacturers offering Windows XP Ready PCs worldwide today. The complete list of Windows XP Ready PCs worldwide can be viewed online at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/ready/. Visual Basic, the world´s most widely used programming language, by announcing the final beta versions of Visual Studio.NET, including Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft´s development ecosystem for XML Web services, which are immediately available. Mobile Information 2001 Server, a mobile applications server that extends Exchange Server information, corporate intranet applications and services to mobile users. Flessner was joined on the podium by Chico Jayanthan, director of Products and Services, Global Platform and Internet Services at Vodafone US, representing Vodafone UK, a participant in Microsoft´s Joint Development Program for products based on Microsoft Mobile Information Server (MIS). Earlier today, Vodafone UK announced the commercial availability of corporate wireless services powered by Mobile Information Server. Mobile Information 2001 Server, the first public demonstration of Content Management Server, and the announcement that the Microsoft SQL Server
business has now surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue. In addition, in his keynote address, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of the .NET Enterprise Server Division at Microsoft, showed a sold out audience of developers a host of enterprise customer wins highlighting the business value of Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers and XML Web services deployed today on the .NET platform.
