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To: wily who wrote (2501)	3/23/1999 1:10:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110644

wily, i went to the 'shugashack' and looked all over for the b-52's. :) mark

To: wily who wrote (2501)	3/23/1999 1:12:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110644

this from windows magazine daily email service... * * T I P O F T H E D A Y * * You can drag documents and folders into the Run dialog, and Windows types the path for you. Then modify and launch with your changes. sounds kinda' neat. :) mark

To: wily who wrote (2501)	3/23/1999 6:37:00 PM
From: wily	Respond to of 110644

A little more on W98 SE news.com _______________________________________________________________ "First OSR, then SR, now SE--will they ever make up their mind?" Mook said in an email. Indeed, sources say that the SE moniker is but one possibility being floated by the Windows team, and that Microsoft has not yet decided on a final name. The service release has evolved from a collection of bug fixes and application updates to include Internet Explorer 5. The later builds were unwieldy to download, and some testers complained that the release had become too large. There are many theories as to why Microsoft would change the name of a relatively minor release. Some users believe that Microsoft is trying to induce users to upgrade by exaggerating the importance of a typical service release. "The key to the name change is their motivation behind it," Mook said, noting that few consumers ever upgraded Windows 95 after the first service release was issued. "I have a feeling they realized that this would be the case with the Windows 98 update as well." "This is a far more user friendly name, and sounds like something you would sell, not give away," noted Justin Jenkins, Webmaster of BetaLabs.com. Microsoft will not make much money from consumer upgrades, because most users will download the files for free. Microsoft will charge a small fee for the CD-ROM version, noted Rob Enderle, analyst at Giga Information Group, but renaming the service release may motivate more users to upgrade, easing Microsoft's support costs, he said. "Microsoft is not looking at this to be a revenue opportunity," he said. "It's a way to get people to move to the new platform, and off Windows 95…They want to get people off the old code base for support reasons." Other users believe that Microsoft may be trying to divert attention from delayed products like Windows and Office 2000 by hyping the service release. "Microsoft needs something to release, and to work. Office 2000 is lagging behind, we have seen nothing of Windows2000, and now a sudden name change," Jenkins said. "No coincidence."