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I sent this to myself first to make sure it would work, so here it
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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.
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>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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