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

To: Paul K who wrote (45841)	6/2/2000 1:13:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 74651

MSFT hooking up with the majors (record labels) is such a natural partnership. They have so much in common. -JCJ

To: Paul K who wrote (45841)	6/2/2000 5:12:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Respond to of 74651

Microsoft Math: Long Division? By Rob Pegoraro Washington Post washingtonpost.com ... why can't Microsoft make Windows consistent with itself? The company's own applications betray the same maddening interface discrepancies that plague the entire Windows universe. Doing something as simple as resetting a program's preferences requires a tour of multiple menu options: Should you look under Tools (in Word and new versions of Internet Explorer), under View (earlier versions of Internet Explorer) or under Options (the "Find Files and Folders" tool)? The same thing applies to keyboard shortcuts, the "Open" and "Save" dialogue boxes that programs use and more. The result: Learning one Windows application rarely makes you much smarter at using the next one. If Microsoft is so concerned about a consistent, understandable user interface, why does it let its own application developers get away with this confusion? Microsoft could at least lead by example--or better yet, enforce some requirements with that monopoly power--and its customers would benefit. In short, the company seems to have confused its stated mission--"to empower people through great software--any time, any place and on any device," to quote the verbiage on its corporate site--with getting more people to buy into the latest upgrade to Windows. Thanks to wired.com