One of the most productive research and development concerns in the United States during the twentieth century, Bell Telephone Laboratories, commonly known as Bell Labs, produced numerous inventions that shaped communication, commerce, and everyday life during the twentieth century.

The venture that became known as Bell Labs grew out of Western Electric, the manufacturing division of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). In 1925, AT&T president Walter Gifford established the Bell Telephone Laboratories division to assume the duties of the electrical engineering department of Western Electric, which had been responsible for a number of early advances in telephone technology. From its inception, Bell Labs employed some of the world’s most prominent scientists, producing some of the most dramatic technological advancements of the twentieth century. Among its early inventions were the facsimile (fax) machine, long-distance television transmission, the solar energy cell, and stereo radio broadcasts.

With the outbreak of World War II, Bell Labs refocused its research on the war effort, but it produced a number of inventions during the postwar era that revolutionized modern communications and commerce. Among the most dramatic of these inventions were the transistor, invented in 1947, and the laser, first described in a paper by Charles Townes and William Schawlow in 1957. The transistor made possible the use of smaller, higher-quality, and more durable audio equipment and communications devices, while the laser led to the development of numerous technologies, including laser surgery, highly accurate measuring and timekeeping devices, compact discs (CDs), and digital versatile discs (DVDs).

Apple has been one of the driving forces in innovation in the personal computer and consumer electronics industries. Even at times when the company was considered a niche player in personal computing, features that it pioneered often made their way into products marketed by its more successful competitors. In the twenty-first century, with its iPod MP3 player, the company expanded from computing to marketing “digital lifestyle” devices, and it grew to become the world’s largest online purveyor of digital music files.

Apple (originally Apple Computer) was founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, who had close ties to the 1960’s counterculture, and the corporate culture of Apple reflected that mind-set. The Apple motto, Think Different, was not only a counterpoint to Think, the decades-old motto of International Business Machines (IBM), but also a paean to counterculture nonconformity. When Jobs first sought outside investors, he had no idea how to compose a business plan. He had to learn how to relate to corporate executives and produce formal business documents to acquire capital.

Apple quickly established its reputation for innovation. The Apple II personal computer had floppy disk drives at a time when other personal computers still depended on magnetic tape drives for data and software storage. As a result, Apple II users were able to load and operate complex programs such as VisiCalc, the original spreadsheet application and the original “killer app” (that is, a software application that by itself justifies the purchase of the hardware on which it runs). In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh, which boasted the first graphical user interface (GUI) on a consumer computer. Users were no longer required to memorize arcane codes for data paths and commands. Instead, a visual representation of a desktop containing folders and files allowed for more intuitive manipulation of applications and data.

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Now that you have a general understanding of the different variations of SQL Server 2000, it’s time to install. Again, for this example, I am installing the Standard Edition.

1. Insert the SQL Server installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few moments, the autorun installation welcome screen will appear.
2. Click on SQL Server 2000 Components. From the list of options that appears, click on (for now) the Install Database Server option.
3. The installation wizard will begin. Click on Next.
4. The next screen asks you to enter the name of the computer on which you want to install an instance of SQL Server 2000. Select the Local Computer option.
5. Click on Next. In the dialog box that appears, select Create a New Instance of SQL Server.
6. The next two dialog boxes ask you to enter your name and company (if applicable) and accept the standard Microsoft licensing agreement. You are then presented with the screen, which asks you to pick the type of installation. For this installation, chose Server and Client Tools.
7. The next screen asks you to provide an instance name. Provide a descriptive title, then click on Next.
8. As with most standard software installations, SQL Server 2000 now prompts you for the type of custom installation you prefer. Leave the default setting as Typical, but note the space requirements and the other installation options.
9. You are next asked to provide information on the service accounts used to access SQL Server. For this dialog box, leave the default setting as Domain User Account, but go ahead and enter some type of password that satisfies the usual requirements—easy for you to remember, hard for others to guess. Don’t leave the password blank because that will make you an easy target for unauthorized access.
10. Just a few steps left! Select Mixed Mode and be sure to enter a password for the SA (system administrator).
11. Click on Next. The installation wizard will tell you it has enough information to proceed with the installation. Click on Next. After a few moments, you will see a confirmation screen telling you that the setup is complete. Click on Finish and reboot your server. (You might be asked to do this, but if not, you should go ahead and reboot anyway.)

Understanding Security: Working with Windows Services
SQL Server 2000 runs as a Windows service, which in a nutshell means that if there is any problem with SQL Server, Windows can take care of it without a great deal of human intervention.

You can set specific SQL Server configuration options by navigating through the Services option, under Administrative Tools. (Note that this only works on Windows NT, 2000, and XP because services don’t exist on Windows 9x operating systems.) This Services option is in the Administrative Tools Control Panel applet.