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The long road to Yukon
For months, Microsoft watchers have voiced concerns that delays in the company's introduction of its Yukon database software could derail other products, including the currently in development, Windows Longhorn.
[blockquote][Microsoft] executives dispute that notion. They told CNET News.com that the delivery of Yukon--which marks the debut of the company's key unified storage technology--won't affect other future products.
The company also for the first time gave insight into the difficulty of building the new storage technology--a pet project of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for more than a decade and one of the most ambitious and time-consuming projects the company has ever attempted.[/blockquote]
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[blockquote][Microsoft] executives dispute that notion. They told CNET News.com that the delivery of Yukon--which marks the debut of the company's key unified storage technology--won't affect other future products.
The company also for the first time gave insight into the difficulty of building the new storage technology--a pet project of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for more than a decade and one of the most ambitious and time-consuming projects the company has ever attempted.[/blockquote]
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