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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: taxman who wrote (30638)	10/14/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: RTev	Respond to of 74651

Latest estimate. Win2000 will be released in 2000. But, as has been pointed out here several times, the delay would have only minor impact on sales since a November or December release would have been poor timing for the system's enterprise customers. Promise broken: Windows 2000 delayed zdnet.com The Redmond, Wash., company is telling partners it will take a deliberate approach to launch rather than try to rush the launch into the end of this year just to save face, according to several sources. ... Microsoft officials, who have repeatedly promised shipment by the end of this year, would not confirm or deny any timing issues regarding the shipment of Windows 2000. However, a Windows 2000 trade show in San Francisco has been slated for February and is likely to provide the venue for the OS's launch, sources said. Microsoft officials maintain the product will release to manufacture, or RTM, this year -- sources say Dec. 5 is the latest target -- and therefore Windows 2000 would technically ship this year, even though users won't have the software in hand for six to eight weeks after RTM. But even Microsoft seems resigned to the idea that, given Year 2000 issues, shipping a product at the end of this year is not an ideal strategy. ... Users, for the most part, aren't fazed by the timing. Most have no plans for serious deployments until at least the end of next year -- regardless of whether they purchase the product early in the year.