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To: W.F.Rakecky who wrote (31327)	5/29/1999 11:12:00 AM
From: Shroder Wertheim (Hijacked)	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

MSFT is dropping current WinCE for handheld device, it will try another TOTAL REWRITE OS for handheld device. From MSFT past history, it will take MSFT couple years to get the OS right. Their first OS are always buggy, crash more than couple times a day. infoworld.com In fact, Microsoft is already telling key partners that in the fourth quarter they should expect to see a total rewrite of WinCE, code-named Rapier, which will be significantly easier to use.... For Microsoft, ease of use has been a major stumbling block that has kept market acceptance of its handheld platform low, and the software giant's biggest challenge next week will be convincing software vendors and corporate customers to continue to support the WinCE platform. ...says research figures for 1998 point to an almost 2-to-1 sales advantage for PalmOS and show that devices running PalmOS grew by as much as 84 percent in 1998. Some software vendors that market similar business applications for both WinCE and PalmOS are claiming an 8-to-1 advantage in PalmOS software sales. Recent research also points to the primary reason for the disparity in sales. ... "With PalmOS it takes one or two clicks; with WinCE it's more like five or six," said Forrester's Nordan. "The latest version of WinCE still suffers from the same shortcomings [as older versions]," according to an IT manager at a Fortune 500 company. "Pocket Office is about a quarter compatible with Microsoft Office,"