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

To: PMS Witch who wrote (35004)	12/1/1999 9:58:00 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Re: Upgrades The upgrade market is a nice fillip but is irrelevant to MSFT's success. PCs today are a disposable commodity. You don't 'upgrade' your PC. After its useful life (12-36 months depending on how frugal you want to be) you simply toss it and buy a hugely improved model for far less money which naturally comes with the latest flavor of Windows preinstalled. With more than 100 million new PCs shipped every year, MSFT simply has no need for OS upgraders.

To: PMS Witch who wrote (35004)	12/1/1999 10:36:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

PMSW: Read the reviews - it is rock solid. JFD

To: PMS Witch who wrote (35004)	12/2/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Respond to of 74651

I agree, stability first, features second. From what I hear the bulk of w2k is new code. Msft has some of the most talented software engineers on the planet but when you almost re-write an entire OS there are no doubt hidden problems. With the various release candidates and beta testing though maybe w2k will be an exception in a time where a lot of new software being developed should be called "crapware". p.s. Basket weaving in the middle ages tracked defects and process better than most of today's software development projects. Cheers James