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Ron, I will look up the article, but the concept is basically the
party line on No Tasks 4.0. I disagree with the party line on this
issue for several reasons. First, 4.0 doesn't work yet, which I would
consider a problem for businessmen. Second, businesses are going to
be reluctant to spend the money to upgrade when they have yet to pay
for their 486s and the 486s do everything important
that needs to be done. Third,
NT 4.0 requirs infinitely more care and feeding than other corporate
systems, which is another cost. Fourth, pcs have been a dud on the
productivity front. I refer to a great book called "The Trouble With
Computers," by Tom Landauer (MIT Press). If they can't pay their
way, hard-nosed businessmen will not choose to allocate a huge amount
of their scarce resources to them. So, I think some trendy companies
in the tech, financial, and media industries will upgrade, I think
most will continue to
give No Tasks 4.0 the big yawn it has received so far. PC,
like many computer magazines, seems to think money for upgrades grows
on trees. It doesn't. MSFT has downplayed No Tasks 4.0 and now
estimates it will sell 800,000 licenses the first year of introduction.
Otherwise known as a non-event. I'll read the article, but I think
it will be the standard industry rah-rah. As Information Week's
cover story said recently, it is time for a reality check on NT 4.0.
Even long-time MSFT clients have decided to hold off upgrading until
1997 or 1998 at the earliest. MB |
