The Microsoft engineers said mine was an isolated problem. It should be that easy. Microsoft's recommending Windows 98 for consumers only is hogwash. Corporate users have been told by the company to wait for Windows NT 5.0. As Mike Moeller points out in his Page 1 story, the release date for NT 5.0 is a moving target.
Corporations buy new PCs.
The vast majority of corporate IT departments, given Windows 98's similarities to Windows 95, will not ban it. After all, you pay for Windows 98, and it promises to be a more stable Windows 95. Linux, for all its passionate converts, is a sideshow. A fluke, if you will. No matter how you connect to the Internet, it's never fast enough.