TO ALL: A MUST READ.
I lifted this off the CPQ Thread but feel its much more appropriate here. I am so impressed with this that I am dedicating it to TWISTER, JOHND. and of course STEVE LEE. JDN
Ten Things to Love About Windows 2000:
No more software compatibility questions — because nothing's compatible.
In continuous daily testing since mid-1997, so you know it's — old.
Blue Screen of Death now a lovely teal.
No long lines at CompUSA this time.
Since Active Directory was announced, lots of users have managed to get the flavor of its innovative “domain name” feature thanks to some obscure knockoff called “the Internet.”
Two words: Solitaire 2000.
Lots of extra free software for registered users — in fact, the first two security patches are already available.
Still in the marketing plan: The first 1,000 buyers get a pair of tickets to the 1998 Super Bowl.
No truth to rumors that all major warning messages now display Janet Reno's face.
Bill Gates was so impressed he resigned before the official launch.
Ten Unused Windows 2000 Marketing Slogans:
“Go ahead, take your time with it. We did.”
“Big fins, giant chrome grille — it's the operating system of the future!”
“Where do you want to go in 1998?”
“Official operating system of Seinfeld.”
“Forty million lines of new code — same old Microsoft quality.”
“Y2k may have been a dud, but this one's the real McCoy.”
“Honest, judge, it's completely unrelated to any other products with Windows in the name.”
“From the people who brought you that idiotic talking paper clip.”
“We put the dot in operating-dot-system.”
“Forget Linux, Lynux or Leenux — at least you know how to pronounce Windows 2000.”
Y2k Vs. Win2k: The Face-Off
Y2k: The end of life as we know it.
Win2k: The end of DOS as we know it.
Y2k: Some people insisted Y2k was a hoax.
Win2k: First Win2k's features were supposed to show up in 1995. Then in 1996. . .
Y2k: In a sane world, all the Y2k work would have been finished years ago.
Win2k: Then 1997. And then 1998, they swore. . . .
Y2k: A deadline that absolutely couldn't be slipped.
Win2k: Then for sure by mid-1999. . . .
Y2k: Final cost: $1 trillion.
Win2k: “A lot less than that. Trust us. Really.”
Y2k: Tens of millions of lines of old, faulty code.
Win2k: Tens of millions of lines of new Microsoft code.
Y2k: Media blitz began in earnest in January 1998.
Win2k: Media blitz began in earnest in August 1997.
Y2k: Security issues were often ignored in the rush to finish the job.
Win2k: First two security fixes announced weeks before the product officially ships.
Y2k: Getting it right was much harder than it looked.
Win2k: Version 1.0.
Y2k: In the end, a whimper, not a bang.
Win2k: Stay tuned.
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