<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Merchant	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1996	O
,	O
was	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
solution	O
for	O
the	O
growing	O
business-to-Consumer	O
sales	O
business	O
taking	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
version	O
was	O
shipped	O
,	O
then	O
its	O
technology	O
was	O
folded	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	I-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
primarily	O
built	O
using	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
with	O
additional	O
C++	O
code	O
to	O
plug	O
into	O
IIS	B-Application
and	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
primary	O
server	O
code	O
as	O
an	O
NT	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
Active	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
Pages	I-General_Concept
was	O
shipped	O
in	O
December	O
1996	O
,	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
Merchant	O
Server	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
so	O
Merchant	O
Server	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
use	O
that	O
for	O
page	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
custom	O
templating	O
system	O
was	O
thrown	O
out	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
core	O
technology	O
of	O
Merchant	O
Server	O
was	O
converted	O
into	O
COM	O
Objects	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
Active	B-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
Pages	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
revamp	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
appeared	O
in	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2.0	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Merchant	O
Server	O
was	O
folded	O
into	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
they	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
Commerce	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
subtitle	O
to	O
the	O
trademarkable	O
"	O
Site	B-Application
Server	I-Application
"	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
years	O
,	O
after	O
Netscape	O
's	O
product	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
their	O
original	O
desire	O
and	O
call	O
it	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Commerce	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merchant	O
Server	O
required	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
dependent	O
on	O
SQL	O
database	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
or	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
