From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

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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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Easy - produce a consumer market =
acceptable OS so=20
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=20
majority of business uses, but didn't have the Mr Rogers neighborhood = ambiance=20
of XP to appeal to the drooling masses.  With 9x hitting the =
showers, and=20
apparently no plans for a strictly business oriented product, a = unification=20
product was mandatory [I don't consider XP pro as being business = oriented the=20
way W2K is]

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e46e3cf{at}w3.nls.net...
    
Facinating.  Can =
you spell out=20
  these goals clearly?
   
  Rich
   

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