CH> I think that depends on the outcome of the various MS antitrust suits.  If 

CH> gets hammered, WinXX could end up very much dead.  If MS gets off scot
free
CH> even with another slap on the wrist, the Microsoft monopoly will grow 
CH> explosively, likely in areas beyond the computing field.

    Um, no, I don't think so.

    As long as consumers are braindead and hop on the "latest release of 
Windows is the best version of Windows" bandwagon, suit or no suit, M$ is 
raking in money hand over fist with their Windows cash cow.

    It's rather disgusting when you think about it.

    Windows 95, first release.  Barely suitable for a beta version.  Millions 
of people lined up at midnite the night before to buy it.

    Two some years later, M$ gets the majority of the bugs fixed, slaps a new 
"look and feel" on it (called Active Desktop), while shoving InterNet Exploder
in as well, making it even slower still - and they release it as Windows 98.  
People line up once again to get it.  Keep in mind, this is what they 
-thought- they were getting with Windows 95.

    M$ fixes a couple hundred more bugs, and a year later releases Windows 98 
2nd edition.  

    When will people catch on.


C. Gaefke
cdgaefke@earthlink.net
 


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