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

To: Dave who wrote (62992)	11/13/2001 10:22:07 PM
From: Jordan A. Sheridan	Respond to of 74651

Dave; Not mentioning Win 2000 was an oversight on my part...Office XP does indeed run on that platform as well. Now, as far as creative expression goes, your response goes from calling Windows 95 3 years obsolete to calling it three years old. The fact of the matter is that Windows 95 is a 6+ year old operating system, as I originally stated. Can you honestly say that the version of the Mac OS that was shipping 6 years ago supports every piece of new software on the market today, or that the most current versions of a number of linux programs have no incompatibilities with earlier versions of the Linux OS? BTW, did you happen to actually try installing Office xp on Windows 95? I'd be interested to hear if there are any incompatibilities as you have stated, or whether the OS was dropped from the Office xp list because of the assumption that the hardware it would be running on would provide a less than suitable experience for the Office XP user... Either way, my point remains the same. Microsoft is very very focused on application compatibility, especially in Windows XP, which runs quite contrary to your comment that Microsoft can and does declare os's and applications obsolete whenever the feel the urge to do so. Regards; Jordan