"A new boss, new product, and a new culture at Microsoft"
by Paul Andrews
Special to The Seattle Times
"The cult of Bill is becoming the clan of Steve.
In the 18 months since he took over day-to-day management, Steve Ballmer has been remaking Microsoft in his image the way the company once reflected the personal mannerisms and managerial style of Bill Gates.
Sales. Service. Reliability. Security. Those are the watchwords of Steve Ballmer's Microsoft. The Gates bywords - "vision," "cool," "Information At Your Fingertips" - are the old Microsoft.
Nowhere is the Ballmerization of Microsoft more evident than in Windows 2000...."
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Sunday, February 13, 2000
User-friendly
"Faster, easier to use, but don't expect Windows 2000 to have new look
With the upgrade of Windows NT, dubbed Windows 2000, due on Thursday and the upgrade of Windows 98 in the wings for later this year, personal-computer users may be wondering which system is right for them. The look and feel of Windows 2000 is pretty much identical to Windows 98, but the big gains are in "back of the screen..."
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