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>Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 03:21:37 -0400
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>From: Scott Hendershot <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: The future of Microsoft
>
>Please excuse that last message from me I don't what went wrong.  Anyway, I
>found this file at www.thelizardking.com and I thought all would like to
hear.
>
>Scott
>
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>                
>            Space Gorilla
>            ++++++++++++
>            Is Windows dying?
>            by Sasha Stevens
>            Seems like a silly question but recent events and consumer
>reactions 
>            don't look good for Windows.
>            Take Windows 98: Windows users are staying away in droves.
>Microsoft 
>            had to exaggerate claims of Windows 98 sales just to make it
look 
>            decent. Windows 98 is plagued with upgrade problems, many Net
>polls 
>            show over 75% of Windows users feel they should not buy Windows
>98. 
>            And computer manufacturers are telling customers not to upgrade. 
>            Although recently Microsoft basically threatened computer 
>            manufactures and all of them toned down their Windows 98
warnings.
>            Then there's the hardware side of things. Intel is dropping the 
>            Pentium line of processors and moving to 64-bit Merced. Pentium
>has 
>            to go, the rest of the computing world is already moving or has 
>            moved to 64-bitness and Intel is far, far behind. Microsoft is 
>            lagging as well. They have no 64-bit Operating System and
>Windows NT 
>            5.0 has been delayed again.
>            Other computer systems are coming out that are two and three
>times 
>            as fast as anything Microsoft and Intel can offer.
>            
>            As users experience crashes and system failures
>            because of the Y2K bug, consumer confidence
>            in all things Microsoft will quickly erode.
>            
>            Bill Gates has said that Windows 95/98 will not be continued
past 
>            the year 2000 because Windows 95/98 is really just a graphical
>shell 
>            running on top of DOS and DOS is dead after the year 2000.
>            Microsoft's solution is to move everyone to Windows NT, but NT
>isn't 
>            ready. So Microsoft hasn't got a viable consumer Operating
System 
>            for the next millenium. They are scrambling big time.
>            Microsoft's poor software and upgrade problems are taking their
>toll 
>            on consumer confidence. Many consumer avoid Microsoft products
at 
>            all costs because they usually screw up their computers and
>fill up 
>            their hard drives.
>            Most Windows users stayed with Windows 3.1, Microsoft only
claims 
>            about 60 million Windows 95 users. When you consider that 180 
>            million users are on Windows 3x, DOS or another PC platform and
>take 
>            into account that 60% of homes don't even have computers, the
>market 
>            is ripe for an alternative to Windows.
>            The continued market domination of Windows is far from a sure
>thing. 
>            In fact, I wouldn't invest heavily in anything that relies on 
>            Windows. Windows is mediocre computing technology and its future 
>            after the year 2000 is very shaky indeed. As users experience 
>            crashes and system failures because of the Y2K bug, consumer 
>            confidence in all things Microsoft will quickly erode.
>Microsoft has 
>            managed to keep Windows patched together so far but things are 
>            starting to fall apart, slowly, tumbling, Microsoft will fall.
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