WINDOWS 2000 starts selling 3 weeks early

Published: 28 January 2000 y., Friday
This is almost three weeks before Microsoft officially kicks off the release inSan Francisco on Feb 17 at the Windows 2000 conference. Win2K will be available on PC_s, notebooks and Servers. Steve Ballmer who was promoted to CEO on Thursday said: "Windows 2000 is the most important product we_ve done since Windows 95. We have great hope for the product for the business user-it_s spot on." If you want to buy a retail copy you will have to wait till Feb 17, but this is a way for Microsoft to preload the channel so systems can actually be sold by the seventeenth. The quality is looking pretty good, but obviously a load of bugs will be found right after the release. Create a testbed, test all your own apps, and test them again before you go close to any kind of production environment with it, but this is normal business policy anyway.
Šaltinis: Windows NTools E-News Electronic Newsletter
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

A phenomenal rate

Email churn surges into the tens of billions more »

New 'Triple Threat' Virus Spreading Fast

Experts say the Nimda virus spreads through e-mail, vulnerable servers, and the Internet via open network sharing features and altered Web pages. more »

Hackers lash out at Islamic sites

Hackers have begun attacking Web sites connected to Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and to other Islamic nations more »

Tech Companies Offer Free Services

Corporate altruism is replacing shock as some tech companies offer free services and bandwidth to businesses affected by last week's attacks. more »

Hacker Defaces Thousands Of Sites In WTC Protest

In an apparent response to terrorist attacks on America, a notorious hacker known as "Fluffi Bunni" defaced potentially tens of thousands of high-profile Web sites, replacing their home pages with a rant about religion, capitalism, and violence. more »

Consumers Turn Backs to Bells and Whistles

U.S. consumers are more likely to revisit Web sites that are fast loading, customizable and more informative than those that offer rich media or content delivery to wireless handsets, according to research by Jupiter Media Metrix. more »

Hollywood Loves Hollings' Bill

Entertainment industry lobbyists say programmers and open-source activists should not be alarmed by a controversial proposal to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all PCs and consumer electronic devices. more »

Odigo Hits Europe with MTV Messenger

Homegrown instant messaging start-up Odigo, Inc. has scored a lucrative deal to develop and power "MTV Messenger", a new IM communications tool for MTV-owned Web sites in Europe. more »

search.lt news

search.lt presents newest links more »

S. Korean company seeks to block XP release

A South Korean Internet portal has filed a complaint with fair trade regulators, alleging Microsoft is shutting out competition by tying a range of application software into its new Windows operating system. more »