1.   Analysts say the product is critical as an answer to Sun, Oracle, Netscape and others who have already beaten Microsoft to the Web server market.

2.   And it is the Internet that Gates now wants to dominate by taking over the server software market.

3.   Antitrust officials currently are investigating whether the company is trying to block competitors in the server software market.

4.   Allen said Sun Microsystems may have to worry about competition from a stronger HP in the server market.

5.   Competition has been mounting in the server market, most notably from Hewlett-Packard Co.

6.   For Netscape, the way to make money is to sell to the server software market.

7.   IBM has been losing ground to competitors like Sun and Hewlett-Packard in the overall server market in part because of competition among its different product groups.

8.   I think the game gets really interesting here because Dell goes from fast-follower in the server market to product leadership.

9.   In the server market, Linux is winning new users faster than any other operating system.

10.   International Business Machines Corp. will unveil a new line of servers on Monday in a bid to boost its position in the highly competitive server market, analysts said.