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

To: johnd who wrote (44993)	5/19/2000 2:19:00 PM
From: werefrog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Linux killing windows No, not right now, but Gnome & Linux will grow stronger while Windows will grow weaker, eventually msft will probably have to give windows away for free, making their money on support, and other software they sell, but that time will not come for a few years. JH

To: johnd who wrote (44993)	5/20/2000 3:35:00 PM
From: SunSpot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Not Linux. Users. In contrast to the 16/32-bit issue, that really made a difference when upgrading from Windows 3.x to Windows 95, there is not the big difference in user experience when switching to Windows 2000 (except that hardware device drivers don't work any more, and that all functions have been displaced so that you cannot find them any more). 32 bit had been a demand for a very long time. The only things that are really high in demand right now are stability and security. Microsoft doesn't get very much press attention on being secure right now, and the stability improvements (like DLL hell reduction) on Windows 2000 will not be there before applications and installation scripts have been rewritten for it. This will take years. Besides USB support, I haven't found improvements, that really matter in my daily life with Windows 2000 Prof. And there are still no drivers for my mouse or my display adaptor.

To: johnd who wrote (44993)	5/20/2000 4:16:00 PM
From: SunSpot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft may also have screwed up something themselves: gamecenter.com Quote from the article: Microsoft spokespeople were hesitant to comment about the pros and cons of gaming through Windows 2000, stating that the platform was not optimized or tested for gaming and using it for such activities could lead to unpredictable results. My own experience unfortunately shows that this is quite true, and Windows 2000 is not capable of being a true improvement to Windows 98 for everybody.