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To: Pink Minion who wrote (748)	4/21/1998 11:30:00 PM
From: Robert Winchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

re:Microsoft Windows '98: Extremely Worthless My position is easy to defend. I am trying to get some discussion going about Windows '98. OK, fair enough. I've used it, and I like it. I think it's worth $109 to me. I can discuss features and why I like it if you'd be interested. I fear it is going to screw up my Netscape Communicator. It won't. I'm running Communicator on my machine with no problems. If you are crashing a lot, you may want to stop running Communicator. I would be happy to have you or anybody else persuade me to use the product I have no interest in persuading anyone to use Win98. If Linux and the software available for it fills your needs, then that's great. If OS2 fits the bill, fantastic. I think if people are expecting the same level of change from 95 to 98 as they saw from 3.1 to 95, they are in for a big dissapointment. If they are looking for some new useability features and performance enhancements, they will be pleased. I am.

To: Pink Minion who wrote (748)	4/22/1998 8:35:00 PM
From: Greg Jung	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1600

I think we see evidence of this big brother phenomenon on this thread, where Winchell the diehard Microsoft defender, posting from near Palo Alto, comprises almost 7% (6.944% until this post) of the posts, since his SI membership this board is his only interest. Quite amusing how echoed lines have crowded out all semblance of a discussion. Has it been discussed here why a DOS box still cannot host a decent telnet session? Many greatly useful software packages are not available for the NT box because the system just doesn't have the user-accessible infrastructure unix has. Today in conference call they mention that OEMs are pressuring MS to further discount the system license. If they don't it won't dent the sales but it may reduce the longevity of the monopoly. We now have devices consisting essentially of a 1 watt hard drive, display unit, keyboard and computer box. With Java applications the operating system of the box can be arbitrary as long as there is enough computing power to interpret the Java on the fly. We are going to new generation chips (the Pentium boxes go in the reverse direction from this trend, but more cheaper because of existing fab equipment) and custom-designed OS's, multi threading muli process etc. have been in operation for years. The hitch that Microsoft puts in this is the popularity and near-universal usage of its office products, its continual transmogulation so that, whatever SW you have that can use it, will require updates as frequent as MS will update office. Since MS has basically bought off a half generation of programmers, this is a hard train to catch a ride on. PS financials. MS has been selling puts - are they open market LEAPS or specialized constructs. How much a part of the unrecognized revenue does this constitute. Greg