From: "Geo." 

I don't think the "Mr Rogers" aspect was a part of Win9x so why
would it be required for the replacement?

Geo.

"Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in
message news:3e46ed08{at}w3.nls.net...
Easy - produce a consumer market acceptable OS so the 9x code base could be
retired.  That there was no corresponding touchy-feely 9x release speaks
volumes.

W2K was/is perfectly acceptable for the vast majority of business uses, but
didn't have the Mr Rogers neighborhood ambiance of XP to appeal to the
drooling masses.  With 9x hitting the showers, and apparently no plans for
a strictly business oriented product, a unification product was mandatory
[I don't consider XP pro as being business oriented the way W2K is]
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e46e3cf{at}w3.nls.net...
     Facinating.  Can you spell out these goals clearly?

  Rich

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