Microsoft (stock: MSFT) will push DataCenter and Advanced Server editions of Windows "Whistler" to big business, small-business package, and developing a "Web blade" edition for serving up HTML pages.

The successor to Windows 2000 server—code-named Whistler server—could ship in four editions, compared with Microsoft´s three Windows 2000 packages, said Brian Valentine, Microsoft senior vice president, at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

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