Thursday, June 22, 2000
-- 6/22/2000 1:13:28 PM MSFT.Net: not until 2002
Microsoft (msft: news, chart) layed out a tentative timeline for its new Microsfot.Net platform (See 12:37, 12:55 items.) The first version of the platform will be ready in 2001. The first full version will not be available until 2002 or beyond. ?This is far more ambitious than anything we?ve done in the past,? Gates said. ?You could say it?s a bet-the-company thing.? Microsoft is up 5/8, or 0.8 percent, to 81 5/16.
I thought WIN2000 was "bet the company" product. Currently,I am confused by Mr. Gates statements. Which is it, WIN2000, Microsoft.Net, MSN, WINME, Windows Consumer, Windows Server. Forget it, what is platform they are banking their future on. Very confusing; will my new internet appliance (i.e., may a wintel pc) be compatable with all these different platforms? I hope so or else MSFT is going to have many pissed off customers. |
