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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (7818)	2/22/1998 1:06:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

I find the ad Microsoft ran in the Feb 16 issue of ComputerWorld (at pages 30-31) to be an interesting commentary on what they believe a workstation to be. The copy begins (for those who haven't seen it): "Workstations are for people who work. 60% of the IT people deploying Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Workstation today are giving it to employees who use standard Windows(R)-based apps like Microsoft Excel and Word. Not just engineers doing CAD stuff. Regular people doing regular work using regular software." First point: that describes the target audience for Win-95, doesn't it? Is this the first stage of trying to move everybody off of Win-95, perhaps to compensate for a further slip in the Win-98 release date, or perhaps to avoid the Consent Decree which (I think) doesn't cover NT? Second point: knowing this, shouldn't we discount the NT Workstation figures by 60% when comparing workstation market share with Unix? JMHO.