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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Rosenthal who wrote (17606)	3/12/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Big Bucks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Dave, Valid points, I agree with some of your logic. But you have to realize that MSFT will quickly move to obsolete W95 as they did W3.1 once W95 hit the shelves. What this means is that all new consumer computers will be selling with W98 installed as a selling feature soon after release. I'm willing to bet that any remaining computers with W95 in the "channel" will offer a free upgrade to W98 also. Let's see, if 90% of new computers have W98 installed within 2 months after product release what does that equate to in $$$$$?? As for Win NT that is a server software and very expensive relative to W95 and W98. 97% (guessing) of computers don't need it or wouldn't benefit from using it, most computers don't require server status unless as part of a network in a business environment therefore my guess is that 90% of business computers will need/use W98 going forward, it just makes economic sense! BB