Microsoft outlined a roadmap Tuesday for its next generation of operating systems. Code-named Whistler, the code base will allow computer makers and system integrators to easily strip away all but the necessary operating instructions for controlling task-specific appliances or handheld devices, according to Carl Stork, general manager of the company´s Windows operating system division.

The new family of OSes, based on the Windows NT kernel and slated for release in data server, advanced server, office PC, and consumer versions, will be available to computer manufacturers sometime in 2001.

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