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

To: rudedog who wrote (38861)	3/1/2000 1:26:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

More interesting info from Netcraft - the full text is at netcraft.com. Move to Windows 2000 underway Although Windows 2000 does not launch until Thursday, many sites are already in the migration process. One of the more interesting scenarios has been at www.dell.com which over the last month has appeared to swap Windows 2000 machines into its load balancing pool for periods of a few hours at a time, and then remove them, finally deciding that it was safe to proceed on February 9th. Other sites are mixing Windows 2000 systems in to their load balancing pool on a consistent basis, increasing the share of Windows 2000 machines as they build up confidence. For example, www.alaskaairlines.com had a 4:1 ratio of NT4 systems to Windows 2000 last week, while this week it seems to be running an even number of each. One of the more telling statistics about Microsoft's commitment is that at launch there will already be more web sites running Windows 2000 than HP-UX. Each currently have around 20,000 sites, with Windows 2000 gaining at a rate of around 1000 a week to date this year. The key to the rapid adoption of Windows 2000 will be whether Microsoft can persuade the larger hosting companies to replace their current platforms with it. With the technology for so many web sites concentrated in the hands of a relatively few people and companies, Microsoft could gain share very quickly if it is successful. On the other hand, this is the group of people who have to date been most resistant to Microsoft technology, and have been amongst the most enthusiastic adopters of Linux, which has established a strong momentum of its own. - Eric