New! Innovative! Now 23% Easier to use! Windows 98 II !
Wow. Microsoft finally invented a great idea! I'll tee off on Softee, below. Grrrrr. I hates 'em.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's president, announced the Windows 98 news during his keynote at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here.
The consumer revision of Windows will be at the center of a long-term initiative, called the Easy PC Initiative. The joint Intel-Microsoft project will focus on creating a less-complex PC encouraging innovative designs.
The PC in this vision completely hides MS-DOS and only uses USB, IEEE 1394, and Device Bay for expansion.
Ballmer declined to give the name of the upcoming consumer OS, but said the system would include new features. Whether the OS can be considered another version of Windows 98 or a new operating system will likely be the subject of many debates over the next two years.
Microsoft, in fact, seems to be debating the issue itself. While Ballmer called the OS a "new version" of Windows 98, a Windows product manager placed it in a "new generation" category.
"Don't think of it as a new version of Windows 98," said Mike Nichols, a Windows product manager. The upcoming OS will be based on the same code, but will contain a number of new features, he said.
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Translation:
<the Easy PC Initiative> Bill though the name up.
<The joint Intel-Microsoft project will focus on creating a less-complex PC encouraging innovative designs.> iMac is a big, big hit.
<The PC in this vision completely hides MS-DOS and only uses USB, IEEE 1394, and Device Bay for expansion.> Bill thought of this, too. He's a genius, you know. An American Hero. A real innovator, him.
<Ballmer declined to give the name of the upcoming consumer OS....> "OS 6.4" was taken.
<....but said the system would include new features.> It's bloated.
<Whether the OS can be considered another version of Windows 98 or a new operating system will likely be the subject of many debates over the next two years. > It's just a shell.
<Microsoft, in fact, seems to be debating the issue itself. While Ballmer called the OS a "new version" of Windows 98, a Windows product manager placed it in a "new generation" category.> This guy remembers Windows 3.0
<"Don't think of it as a new version of Windows 98," said Mike Nichols, a Windows product manager.> you gotta pay for it.
<The upcoming OS will be based on the same code, but will contain a number of new features, he said. > It's gonna be a big BLOATED shell.
This stuff makes me sizzle.
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