PC makers have started including Windows 2000 coupons in their new system boxes. NT developers are planning their long-overdue, if not permanent vacations. K launch plan binders are floating around. Starting with Beta 3 RC2, Windows 2000 will be an Intel X86-only operating system . The fact that Windows 2000 is officially a one-platform operating system raises some interesting questions regarding Microsoft's original vs. current goals for the operating system.
Portability seems to have been relegated to the scrap heap.
Compatibility seems to have been moved to the back burner, as well. Earlier this year, Microsoft officials acknowledged that the company had decided to optimize Windows 2000 for performance and reliability over applications compatibility. Here we go again. Talk back below and let me know. Doug Please, Lewis.