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To: John Graybill who wrote (50294)	1/10/2000 2:41:00 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

John, I don't think the problem with Win2000 will be bugginess; rather, the fact that you will have to get updates (when available) for most or all of your favorite software. The massive hassle (and thus potentially high cost) factor will keep my NT4.0 & my Win98 computers running their exisiting OSes for quite some time. BTW, if you read the MS web info, they come out and say that if you mostly play games and stuff, stick with Win98. I know they are secretly hoping for a widespread adoption, but the software incompatibilities will drive people nuts. After a while (6 months to a year) there may be enough patches you can get so that most software, even gaming, will work well. By then we can compare the Win98 follow-on to Win2000 Professional. Or maybe those with Win98 who do a lot of gaming will begin to see the folly of it all and just pick up a dedicated gaming platform and convert their PC to Linux for e-mail and the web.

To: John Graybill who wrote (50294)	1/10/2000 3:14:00 PM
From: Fabeyes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

Have you seen the Yahoo Message board? Trouble in Italy? Looks like a legal action begins there the 18th -- same day as the Investors Get-together -- timing is everything.

To: John Graybill who wrote (50294)	1/10/2000 4:28:00 PM
From: John Graybill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

IBM Boosts Linux On Servers "By adopting Linux, with its open development process, IBM will be "on a side other than Sun and Microsoft, which are opposed to open standards and which favor closed, proprietary operating systems," IBM said in a statement." yahoo.cnet.com ----------- Earlier versions of this story were out as early as Friday. Gave the "Compaq to buy MUEI" folks plenty of time to gin up the usual crap. And what's this?: "Analysts believe IBM has done more than any other major computer maker to back Linux, whose growing popularity could undermine the proprietary Unix strategies of rivals like Sun Microsystems Inc. (NasdaqNM:SUNW - news), the biggest Unix computer maker." dailynews.yahoo.com Makes that Niles upgrade this morning smell a little "fishy", eh? :-)