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To: cfimx who wrote (25215)	12/21/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

qwik, w2k offically CLOSES the window on anything OTHER than a pc ever being used in corporate America. Now you're getting into global currency speculation. Do you think then that the Euro will replace the dollar? -JCJ

To: cfimx who wrote (25215)	12/21/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 64865

I'm sure that's what MSFT is counting on, but I'm not so sure it will happen. I've read estimates that the upgrade price for just the software will be over $200, which is a significant fraction of the cost of a thin client. Add in the mantime and pain involved and you could be talking big bucks, especially for folks with lots of seats. Some of those probably haven't even completed the migration to Win98, which was supposed to answer all their problems. Perhaps at least some of those allegedly captive PC's will be retired and replaced with a more modern alternative instead of being upgraded with the latest hairball. Who knows? Maybe "reject and return" could replace "embrace and extend." I know for sure that any PC around here that won't boot after 1/1/2000 isn't going to be replaced with more of the same; fool me once, shame on you -- fool me twice, shame on me. JMHO.

To: cfimx who wrote (25215)	12/21/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

But after that man, well, we've got them RIGHT where we want them! qwik, w2k offically CLOSES the window on anything OTHER than a pc ever being used in corporate America. That's just wishful M$FT thinking unrelated to reality. It's not an either-or situation. The paradigm continues to shift. The internet continues to grow. Appliances continue to be built. ASP's continue to get their act together. Corporations continue to move their intranets to the new paradigm. SUNW continues to sell servers. The center of gravity continues to shift. Meanwhile, another M$FT glorified bug-fix release is gratefully received by its abused captive audience. M$FT can sell bits without the future coming to a halt. W2k closes no window on anything. It's a matter of technology space-time. 2000, which is now literally tomorrow, is too soon for the balance of power to shift to anything that doesn't have critical mass today. 2001, however, isn't. That's when I predict it will happen. BWDIK --QS