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To: robbie who wrote (8984)	7/6/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Robbie, that is a very insightful vague statement. Please be a lot more detailed how this product is going to be a HUGE success. Also, give me your impression as to when you expect this to be a huge success. If you actually say that it will be a success upon release, please explain how NT5 will be a success with its release being so close to Y2K and that it will be a revolutionary (first kick at the can) version of enterprise computing. Thanks in advance for providing details to your prediction of this huge success. Toy

To: robbie who wrote (8984)	7/6/1998 5:13:00 PM
From: Logos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

You know, we can have it both ways. First, it is almost guaranteed that NT5 will be delayed deep into 1999. Second, despite the delay, NT5 will be a gigantic hit. Maybe not the Novell and Unix killer that some had expected, but a huge money machine anyway. Same thing with Merced by the way. A lot of people were not surprised that it was delayed, though they were surprised that so many people were surprised (try saying that ten times fast). I'm an IT consultant. I've found a lot of people in the industry were expecting delays in both Merced and NT5, and didn't particularly care since they were too busy worrying about fixing things ahead of Y2000 to worry about major platform-altering upgrades. So basically, yeah there are delays, but so what, no big deal. Logos