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To: art slott who wrote (3475)	7/14/1998 7:22:00 AM
From: Robert Scott Diver	Respond to of 8218

Art, The "quality" of Microsoft software is one reason NT and WINTEL won't be taking over the high end any time soon. CIOs like their jobs. Scott

To: art slott who wrote (3475)	7/14/1998 8:54:00 AM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 8218

Not much of a surprise, is it Art? Ah, the privilege of financial inertia, or is momentum? Give me 1/4 the code with 3/4 less bugs and it would be worth at least twice as much to me, BWDIK.

To: art slott who wrote (3475)	7/14/1998 12:52:00 PM
From: Arrow Hd.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8218

Interesting article but not surprising. I caught a couple of comments that are worth expanding. With regards to "corporations banning" Microsoft products, what is forgotten is the fact that many corporations especially within certain industry groups that rely on heavy networking, IBM's OS2 is still considered the workhorse. I saw a soundbite a while back that was eye-opening with regards to its install base within corporations. The other comment was "but you may not realize them for at least another year (longer if users get distracted with year 2000 problems)." Corporations are already distracted with Y2K but it will get worse and projects will be delayed as Y2K gets put to the forefront, prioritized over current projects. This means deferred hardware and software purchases and in some cases, services contracts resulting in disappointing quarterly results for these companies while those who can benefit from this shift and demonstrate that they can take advantage of this incumbency post Y2K, will take off. People wonder how they "missed" the networking craze of a few years ago and this years Internet explosion. One reason is they dont have crystal balls but few ever try to visualize trends either and then figure out the winners and losers. The second half of 1999 could be very dicey. It is my belief that it will be a unique period where one foot should be in every exist door available, with hedges where appropriate. Cash may very well be king and capital preservation will be the investment mantra that everyone will be preaching but unfortunately there will be only soloists singing when it could matter with choruses chiming in after its too late. Something to tuck away for the next year or so.