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To: mishedlo who wrote (14076)	12/17/2001 11:47:07 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

Hi mishedlo, I suppose they could drop support of Windows 2000 and NT My customers are in good old client server scenario. Typically Win9x client and NT server, a few Unix servers. So far it appears that: The next 'upgrades' for NT servers will be to Linux. Not a difficult transition for my clinet base. The next 'upgrades' for workstations doing mainly database lookups and data entry will also be Linux. Also not a difficult transition. Typically this would account for 80% of the workstations for my customers. I guess it depends on the business. I'll probably get one copy for myself though, but I'm not a typical business user. regards Kastel

To: mishedlo who wrote (14076)	12/17/2001 11:54:05 PM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

The truth of the matter is that Intel can't produce enough P4 to meet current demands. There is a shortage of the high-end chips, to put it mildly. Have you looked at INTC's price action lately? Ibexx

To: mishedlo who wrote (14076)	12/17/2001 11:57:07 PM
From: Jdaasoc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99280

Let's see how long MSFT holds out without concessions Well in last 6 months they raised prices over 10%. They dropped all competitive upgrades from Wordperfect and Novell Netware costing companies at least 50% for their software. They have eliminated most MSFT version upgrades and should effectively eliminate the remaining ones when they drop all support and upgradability for Win98 and Win NT 4.0 by June. You may say you can live with existing OS's but the only problem is that when all the beholden to MSFT software companies follow suit and stop making programs for those platforms as well just wait and see how fast companies upgrade their computers. Can you imagine working with computers without updated virus definitions or when new high capacity tape backup solutions don't have driver support. Rest assured that Microsoft is not blowing smoke when they say sales will rise dramatically in 2nd half of 2002. Buy your software now or be ready to pay at least 10% more in July.