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

To: DownSouth who wrote (15367)	2/1/1999 8:02:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74651

More evidence that Windows 2000 is in big Big BIG trouble: Windows 98: Not a lame duck after all? Just think about the implications of that headline, and what that tells you about the Windows 2000 effort. zdnet.com Some choice quotes: Some testers have reported that Microsoft has had difficulties porting Windows 9x features, such as Plug and Play, to the NT kernel and is facing a number of incompatibilities with current Windows applications. ... "At one point, every Windows developer was put on NT 5.0 [now known as Windows 2000]," said one developer, who requested anonymity. "Almost all of Microsoft's developers are focused on getting Beta 3 [of Windows 2000] out the door." There's an old programming axiom (Brook's law): Adding manpower to a late software project just makes it later. Enjoy your stock rise, but don't expect any new products to generate meaningful revenues in the next year.