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    Information Research Services Updated: 05 March 1998
         
             
                 
              March:
DIGITAL ships the industry's first commercial high-performance Fortran compiler in
DEC Fortran 90.
                 
              April:
DIGITAL introduces the
AlphaServer 8400, its most powerful computer system to date.
                 
              April:
DIGITAL outlines its plan for
virtual networking and the integration of LANs, WANs and ATM.
                 
              May:
DIGITAL announces the
Affinity Program for OpenVMS. The Program helps customers implement the complementary strengths of OpenVMS and Windows NT.
                     
              May - June:
DIGITAL releases
OpenVMS/VAX V6.2 and OpenVMS/Alpha V6.2.
                     
              August:
DIGITAL and Microsoft announce a strategic alliance to meet growing customer demand for Microsoft-based solutions and support in enterprise-wide computing.
                     
              November:
DIGITAL introduces
FX!32.
                     
              December:
OpenVMS/VAX V7.0 and OpenVMS/Alpha V7.0 are released.
                     
              December:
DIGITAL introduces
AltaVista, the Internet's first "super spider" software.