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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Chen who wrote (6765)	5/8/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 74651

IBM said to plan free Win98 upgrades,CPQ charges $29.95 for Windows 98 upgrades,states wouldn't block Win98 NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is expected to announce on Friday it will offer free upgrades to Microsoft Corp's (MSFT - news) Windows 98 operating system on certain home personal computers purchased ahead of the software's scheduled release in June. An IBM spokesman declined to comment but sources familiar with the plan confirmed a free upgrade promotion would be announced as soon as today, or early next week. Some other personal computer companies are offering steep discounts on upgrades. Compaq Computer Corp (CPQ - news), for example, plans to run a coupon program that will allow PC buyers to order Windows 98 upgrades for $29.95. The Compaq promotion is already underway and slated to run until the end of September, when the company expects all systems will be loaded with the new software. The upgrades are part of an effort by PC makers to address customers' reluctance to purchase systems before widespread availability of Windows 98. What is unclear is how any potential government action to delay the software would have on the promotional efforts. Early Friday, a source familiar with a joint effort by a group of state attorney's general said the states would not seek to block the launch of Windows 98.