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To: nommedeguerre who wrote (22380)	1/11/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Norm, my post wasn't intended to be all-inclusive... You're absolutely right that Microsoft saves a bundle in costs because the PC OEMs support OEM versions of Windows. As for buggy software: The entire industry suffers from this problem. Perhaps it's a hallmark of the hyper-competitive industry, however--companies need to release products so quickly or else they'll lose ground to their competitors :Þ Regarding Windows 98: Because of what seemed to be a minor TAPI corruption/problem, I was forced to spend about 12 hours this weekend on a glorious reformat/reinstall, and I've hardly begun to reinstall all my applications. Believe me, I've been cursing Microsoft (and Dell, and all the damn plug-and-don't-play devices) all weekend. But maybe if Windows9x had some competition it would be better, right? Well, not neccessarily: NT4 isn't so hot either, and it has tons of competition. NT5? As competitive as they need to be with that one, Microsoft continues to struggle. On the other hand, I think Offices 97 and 2000 are good products, as is most other Microsoft software. Perhaps this indicates how difficult it is to make mass-market OSes that must be backward-compatible and work with a myriad of hardware configurations?