The software landscape has changed so much in the past couple of years that the terms "bundling" and "Chinese Wall" are no longer the loaded words they once were. But the shift doesn't mean Microsoft is retreating from its campaign to get customers to deploy all Microsoft products, all the time, across all devices. Far from it. As will become clearer on April 24 when it launches its next Windows release, Microsoft is building everything but the kitchen sink into Windows Server 2003. (Microsoft isn't the only operating-system vendor doing this. Sun Microsystems -- which once cried foul over Microsoft's server-bundling strategy -- is currently on a nearly identical path with Solaris.)
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