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To: stockman_scott who wrote (49464)	12/13/2001 4:25:41 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Microsoft support for Windows 2000 ends in early 2003 Of course, that is probably based on Son of XP being ready by then, which given MSFT's history in the timing of releases probably means another couple of year cushion. With MSFT, we might also be seeing another interesting phenomenon in the Gorilla world ... given that MSFT can only keep up its rate of growth by selling revised versions to already installed customer base, what happens if the customer base en masse drags its feet? Certainly we have already seen a lot of resistance to having to upgrade systems that are otherwise performing well enough in exchange for features which may not be used. This could easily become a progressively significant factor.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (49464)	12/29/2001 3:22:52 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 54805

Scott, re: Microsoft and the series60 redirection caper (more) << BTW, Eric it's tough to reign-in that Gorilla from Redmond ...I sure wouldn't want to bet against them...=) >> I don't. I bet ON em! Remember that redirection thing I mentioned. Article I found humorous here ... >> The Redirection Conspiracy Michael Swaine December 10 , 2001 Swaine's Frames webreview.com Andrew Orlowski reports on what looks like a sneaky lowdown Microsoft trick. "Type www.series60.com into your browser - that's as in Series 60, the name of the software platform for Symbian smartphones that Nokia launched at Comdex - and you'll find yourself magically transported to www.microsoft.com/mobile, where you can read all about The Microsoft Smartphone Software Solution," Orlowski says. Is Microsoft redirecting a competitor's traffic to its own site? Is this some kind of SmartLinks thing? Microsoft says no; says it's the work of a lone crazed cybersquatter. Someone named, apparently, FirstName LastName, and not employed by Microsoft, has registered the domain names series60, series80, series40, and series20 and set up the redirection as a prank. I'm willing to accept the Lone Cybersquatter theory, but there are a few questions I'd like to have answered first: * According to FirstName LastName's Marine Corps records, he was a lousy web designer. Could he have written the necessary redirect code? And there are actually four distinct domains involved; could he have got off that many redirects in such a short time? * Didn't FirstName LastName once have Top Secret security clearance? What about his 'defection' to the former Soviet Union and the ease with which he was able to return to the US? Who was on the grassy knoll? * Running a trace on the redirection, I find that it passes through servers in Moscow and New Orleans before finally ending up on a stretcher in Parkland Hospital. Is this trajectory plausible? * What about the Cuban connection? * What about Ruby? Wasn't that the original name of Microsoft's Visual Basic? * oes Microsoft deny that copies of its software were seen in New Orleans at the time of the redirection? * Who was the Umbrella Man? * Doesn't Orlowski sound just a little too much like Oswald? I just think that all these questions need answers. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. << BTW: I upped XP on my desktop platform about 10 days ago (replacing a well tuned SP configuration). Goodbye DOS HEAPS. Very stable. No real quirks except a generic Dell modem driver was substituted and my V.90 dial-up connections are consistently at 20% less than before the upgrade (now at 37.2) and worst yet a great but evidently discontinued connectivity diagnostic tool from Lucent (VitalAgent IT) doesn't work. Dell Latitude Laptop next (although the headquarters support team forbids under penalty of excommunication <g>). - Eric -