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Windows 95 Announced As Official Name for Microsoft Windows
"Chicago" Page 4
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For Release 10 a.m. PDT
Sept. 8, 1994
Windows 95 Announced As Official Name
For Microsoft Windows "Chicago"
New Windows 95 Logo Program Represents Software, Peripherals and
PCs
Designed for Windows 95
REDMOND, Wash. _ Sept. 8, 1994 _ Microsoft Corporation today
announced WindowsÖ 95 as the official name for the next major
release of the Microsoftr WindowsÖ operating system, previously
known by its code name, "Chicago." The name Windows 95 was
chosen to make it easier for consumers to identify the most
current version of Microsoft Windows. Windows 95 was designed
for a wide range of users, from the novice to the expert, to help
make everyday personal computing even easier than before. The
name Windows 95 represents the broad scope of today's users of
Windows and the new generation of software and hardware it
enables.
"We're seeing a new kind of consumer for personal computer
products," said Doug Schutt, senior vice president at Price Costco.
"No longer is it just the power user who shops for software,
hardware or even multimedia CDs, but rather a variety of customers:
families, kids, students and power users. Windows 95 will make it
easier for our consumers to identify the most current version of
Windows."
"More than 60 million copies of Windows have been shipped to
date," said Paul Maritz, senior vice president, systems and
technology division at Microsoft. "From extensive research
worldwide, we have found that most users find our existing
version numbering confusing and can't identify the latest version
of Windows. Our customers want products that simplify their
everyday computing, and our goal is to have both the technology
and the name meet that requirement."
Windows 95, targeted for release in the first half of 1995,
is designed to make PCs even easier to use while delivering more
performance. Windows 95 is a fully integrated 32-bit operating
system, replacing Windows 3.11, WindowsÖ for Workgroups 3.11 and
the MS-DOSr operating system as the mainstream desktop operating
system. Windows 95 supports features such as long file names and
a revised user-interface design based on extensive customer
usability studies. Windows 95 will run multiple applications
faster, more effectively, and with greater safety than it can
today. It is completely compatible with the products people use
today and an even better platform for the next generation of
applications, games, PCs and peripherals that Windows 95 enables.
Windows 95 is targeted for users performing a variety of
tasks, from customers who have home computers for running
recreational and education applications to those who want to run
business and productivity applications and those who want to work
remotely from home.
Windows 95 Logo Program
Microsoft also officially announced today the Windows 95
logo program, including the new "Designed for Microsoft Windows
95" logo. The logo is intended to help users easily identify
software, hardware and peripherals that exploit the rich
capabilities of the new operating system. Examples of these new
capabilities are Plug and Play and support for 32-bit
applications. While the logo denotes products specifically
designed for Windows 95, it is optional. Existing products for
Windows or new products that are not designed specifically for
Windows 95 can still be designated as "Windows compatible."
"Much of the industry is working very hard and very
creatively to develop products that are not just compatible with
Windows but are designed for Windows 95," said Brad Chase,
general manager of the personal systems division at Microsoft.
"Our mission is to help users identify these great new products
and understand these products will be a step beyond what they are
familiar with today."
"With the new Microsoft Windows 95 logo program, our
customers will be able quickly and easily to identify hardware
such as peripherals, and desktop PCs and mobile PCs that we've
designed specifically for Windows 95," said Richard C. Watts,
vice president and general manager of the personal information
products group at Hewlett-Packard Company. "Our customers want
products that are designed and tested for Windows 95."
"The Windows 95 logo will signal to customers that our
products take full advantage of Windows 95," said Bruce Brereton,
vice president of development at the Novell applications group at
WordPerfect Corporation. "We expect the logo to be an important
way to emphasize our new products designed specifically for
Windows 95."
"We have been working with Microsoft throughout the design
and development of our new series of ATAPI Interface CD-ROM
drives that will display the Windows 95 logo," said Patty Kim,
senior marketing manager of data storage products/CD-ROM at Sony.
"Our goal is to drive cutting-edge technology through standards
required to deliver Plug and Play solutions to the end-user
market. Plug and Play ensures seamless integration of computer
peripherals into ATr architectures, in addition to higher
performance enabled by Windows 95."
The new Windows 95 logo will represent a single, unified
program that is intended to replace the current Windows logo
programs. Licensing of the new logo is scheduled to begin at the
end of 1994. Developers can obtain more information on the new
logo program by contacting the Microsoft Developer Solutions
phone and fax service at (206) 635-2222.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a
wide range of products and services for business and personal
use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more
enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of
personal computing every day.
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Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows is a
trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
Editor's Note: MS-DOS is a trademarked product name. Please do
not abbreviate in any way.
For More Information, Press Only:
June McLaren, Waggener Edstrom, (206) 637-9097
Sandra Pace, Waggener Edstrom, (503) 245-0905