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To: rudedog who wrote (153725)	2/11/2000 2:34:00 PM
From: Lee	Respond to of 176387

Rudy,..Re:.putting lipstick on the pig... ROFLOL!!!! Excellent saying! <ggg>

To: rudedog who wrote (153725)	2/17/2000 8:40:00 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

'Gates unveils long-awaited operating system'...FYI... <<SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) chairman Bill Gates Thursday launched Windows 2000, the long-awaited new operating system aimed at conquering corporate back offices but not the consumer market Microsoft already dominates. Gates, in an interview on CNBC television, conceded that there will be some compatablity problems for users who try to upgrade from Windows NT, but he predicted that it will be adopted by nearly all businesses in a matter of time. The Microsoft chairman, who recently added the title of chief software architect when he gave up the CEO title, responded to a recent report from consultant Gartner Group that not all existing NT software would run on the new system. ''I think it's fair to say that that one in four customers may have some issues as they move up, but the benefits are very dramatic,'' Gates said in the interview. But the compatability issue won't stop users from adopting the software. ''I think there's no doubt that over the next couple of years all the business desktops will move to Windows 2000, whether that's upgrading the system in place or getting new hardware that's got Windows 2000 installed,'' Gates said. At an official unveiling broadcast to more than 100 cities, Gates announced worldwide availability of the Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems. The company is attempting, with the new software, to move further into the high-end computer server market where Sun Microsystems Inc. (NasdaqNM:SUNW - news) has been dominant, and to make its software more in tune with the Internet. Gates declared the software ''the first in the greatest generation of products ever released by Microsoft.'' Gates predicted that customers of Windows 2000 will receive significant reliability, scalability, performance and cost-effectiveness advantages over alternative platforms. The existing software, Window NT, has been maligned by some software developers and users as too prone to crashes and not well-suited for big computer networks. ''Today we unveil the future of computing. Companies of all sizes are already deploying Windows 2000 for its scalability, reliability and performance,'' said Gates. Gates said the software cost more than $1 billion to deveop and involved work with more than 1,000 partners, a wide range of whom unveiled new products at the San Francisco presentation with Microsoft. Gates was flanked by actor Patrick Stewart (''Star Trek Next Generation''), a giant 40-foot laptop and rock musician Carlos Santana and his band as he unveiled the new operating system. The company said that Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server were available as of Thursday. Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is expected to be available in approximately 120 days.>> ----------------------------------------------------------- rudedog: Any idea how quickly the corporate marketplace will migrate over to W2K..<G>..?? Best Regards, Scott