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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (8802)	6/30/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: mozek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Great Cheryl. Thanks. Someone recommends that since a new release is very large, people should wait until it's in the market a while before adopting it. I thought you were going to look up some objective information like comparable server prices, no? Objectivity not your bag? Thanks, Mike

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (8802)	6/30/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Respond to of 74651

Thanks Cheryl, This is just another verification / sign of exactly what I'm talking about. Gartner Group also stated about a month ago that their customers should avoid NT5 until mid-2000. The main reasons are because NT5 will likely be unstable until at least 2 service patches are applied and because any rollout of a new IT product during the Y2K period is extremely unwise! The industry analysts are starting to stack up all the reasons to avoid NT5 for at least the first 12 months after its release. And they are very valid reasons. But I would love to hear those Pro-MSFTers on this board counter these arguments with some valid explanations why these issues are not serious. Toy

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (8802)	7/2/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 74651

cheryl - I think that there will be a fair number of recommendations like this, Gartner has said almost the same thing. But the initial target of NT5 is more than this high end market, it is also the large installed desktop base, where the goal is to move corporate customers currently using Win9X to NT. These client users will not have the same issues Gartner and Giga are concerned about, since there is no question that NT is more manageable and stable than any of the Win(x or Win3.X products (millions of corporate desktops still use Win3.11 for example). In terms of $$$ this is the real target for NT5.0, the server business will probably be on NT5.X where X is a 1 or a 2.