Inside Windows 95

New Book from Microsoft Press Goes Behind the Scenes for a
Preview of the Next Generation of Microsoft Windows

"Everyone will want to read INSIDE WINDOWS 95--the interested power user,
solution providers, developers, and administrators. I heartily recommend
this book to anyone who will want to take full advantage of the
technological innovations in Windows 95." ---- From the foreword by Steve
Ballmer, Executive Vice President, Microsoft Corporation

Inside Windows 95
by Adrian King
512 pages, $24.95
ISBN: 1-55615-626-X
Pub. Date: October 3, 1994

Redmond, WA--October 3, 1994--Microsoft Press, the book publishing division
of Microsoft Corporation, today announced publication of INSIDE WINDOWS
95, the inside story behind the much-anticipated next generation of the
Microsoft Windows operating system.

Written by industry veteran Adrian King, INSIDE 'WINDOWS 95 reveals for the
first time the "under the hood" details of Windows 95, providing a rare
behind-the-scenes preview of the design, philosophy, and architecture of
this powerful 32-bit technology. INSIDE WINDOWS 95 tells readers what
Windows 95 can do, how it works, and why its features were designed and
implemented the way they were.

"I'm very excited that Adrian has written this book about our most
important Windows operating system ever," says Microsoft Executive Vice
President Steve Ballmer in the foreword. He adds that King "has a
perspective that only someone from the old days could bring to bear on the
history and the accomplishments of the 'Chicago' Windows project."

INSIDE WINDOWS 95 is an authoritative, in-depth preview that targets a
broad range of computer professionals. From Windows developers planning
for the next versions of their software products to MIS managers who must
know how to proceed into the future of personal computing to experienced
users of Windows who want to learn more about what's coming to their
desktops, this book prepares anyone who wants to take full advantage of
the new technologies in Windows 95.

INSIDE WINDOWS 95 provides an overview of every new feature of the Windows
operating system--including the base system architecture, the file system,
and the new user interface. Technical detail is enlivened by anecdotal
accounts of how Windows design decisions were made, the OEM design review
process, Microsoft's usability testing, and schedules and tradeoffs.

In a concluding "as we go to press" interview, King asks Paul Maritz,
Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Systems Division, and Brad
Silverberg, Vice President of Microsoft's Personal Systems Group, about
late-breaking Windows 95 news and about the positioning of Windows 95 in
Microsoft's operating systems plan.

Pricing and Availability

INSIDE WINDOWS 95 is now available in better book and software stores.
Credit card orders are accepted at 1-800-MSPRESS and through the
CompuServe Electronic Mall (GO MSP). In Canada call 800-667- 1115.
Customers outside the U.S. and Canada are asked to call their local
Microsoft subsidiary. The suggested U.S. retail price is $24.95.

About the Author

Adrian King graduated in 1976 from the University of Liverpool with a
master's degree in computer science. That same year he joined the European
consulting firm Logica, where he founded the Software Products Group,
which became Microsoft's European XENIX partner in 1981. King joined
Microsoft in 1984 as XENIX product manager and later became director of
operating systems products, assuming responsibilities for MS-DOS and
Microsoft OS/2. He later managed the group that developed Windows/386, the
product that pioneered the use of software virtual machine technology in
Microsoft operating systems. In the late 1980s King took over product
responsibility for Microsoft's SQL Server" and Communications Server
products and later Microsoft LAN Manager. In 1992 King founded Gravity
Communications, a consulting firm specializing in the preparation of
technical literature. Most recently he has written several articles about
Windows "Chicago."

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and the leading publisher of quality computer books about Microsoft
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