From: Mike '/m' 

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:44:51 +0000, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

>Frank Haber wrote:
>> MS is trying to get a grip.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Microsoft-Piracy.html?ex=11074
06800&oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=
>>
>
>Any piece which contains a quote by & especially which concludes with a
>quote by Rob Endele is toilet paper....
>
>Best thing for linux sales in some time.

<<"NT and Windows 95 will, in fact, compete against each
other," said Rob
Enderle, an analyst at the market research firm Dataquest Corp., in San
Jose, Calif. "The only real difference is that Windows 95 is optimized
for the Intel microprocessor, and NT is portable because of its microkernel
architecture.">>

<<  REDMOND, Wash., March 24 [1995] /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp.
    today reported that early user feedback on the latest test
    version of the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95 operating system,
    known internally as the beta 3 release, confirms that the
    product is on track for final delivery in August.  Microsoft
    also confirmed that based on user feedback it is on schedule
    to begin shipping the Windows(R) Preview Program to corporate
    evaluators at the end of this month.
       The rollout of Windows 95 beta software began in June 1994.
    More than 50,000 users have been working with the beta copies
    since October 1994.  An expanded Windows Preview Program will
    bring Windows 95 to hundreds of thousands of users before
    introduction, far surpassing the beta test record of 15,000
    users for Windows(R) 3.1 in 1992.
       "Thousands of users worldwide are telling us that Windows
    95 is making their computer use faster and easier regardless
    of the experience level they bring to computing," said Brad
    Silverberg, senior vice president of personal systems at
    Microsoft.  "Already, they are comfortable using Windows 95
    beta software as their primary computing environment."
       "Obviously, we have more work ahead to meet the
    unprecedented challenge of compatibility with the thousands of
    hardware and software configurations that users have,"
    Silverberg added.  "We're conducting the industry's most
    extensive testing and quality-assurance program so that
    Windows 95 will be a great product."

        User Comments Confirm Ease of Use, Productivity Gains in
                           Windows 95

         "I am more productive by an order of magnitude with
    Windows 95 than with Windows 3.11," said Rob Enderle, industry
    analyst at Dataquest Inc.,  in San Jose, Calif. >>

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