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To: JC Jaros who wrote (21341)10/15/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 64865
 
I picked this up off Yahoo which means its authenticity is suspect. If genuine, it is remarkable. Naturally the Yahoo poster did not include a link or a source. If anybody sees this, please post a link here.

Regards,
--QS

Ballmer Downplays W2K Scalability

Orlando, Fla. -- Faced with a barrage of questions about Windows 2000, Microsoft president Steve Ballmer this week backed away from the company's previous claims about the platform's ability to scale for enterprise applications.

Quizzed at the Gartner Group's Symposium/ITxpo99 conference about Windows 2000's ability to scale, Ballmer said: "I think it's fair to say we got ahead of ourselves. And I think it's actually probably fair to say market perception lags reality." He added that "part of the scalability argument wasn't about scalability; it was about reliability and availability."

Microsoft had previously promised that Windows 2000 would be as scalable as its Unix rivals. In a series of glitzy Scalability Days during the past few years, company officials said the software would be able to host a multi-terabyte database applications and perform 1 billion transactions per day.

He also acknowedged it is unlikely that the long-delayed operating system will ship this year. "We won't ship it until it's right. There's no need to ship at this point ... until it's absolutely, positively right," Ballmer said. -- Ellis Booker



To: JC Jaros who wrote (21341)10/15/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
They're a bit expensive (about $60, as I recall) and require a special mouse pad (aluminum, with a pattern the mouse detects) but they're very smooth and never need cleaning. One of my daughters says they're "weird," and they may be an acquired taste. But I got so tired of cleaning mechanical mice and having them jerk along (for some reason our house seems unusually dusty -- maybe it's all the books we have) that I much prefer the optical mice.


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