I'm thinking it's a nice way for Microsoft Corp. to say it's justified if Win XP is late. The Redmond software maker's new operating system, which currently is in a second beta or test version that companies already are trying out, is much anticipated in the industry. That means software developers will have to write code only once for a Windows program.
Programmers can rush into a more lucrative future.
To quell these concerns, Microsoft has started insisting XP won't cause any problems. The quote marks the fourth time I've heard or read the same statement in the past four weeks, with only the slightest variance. The first time I heard it was in Anaheim, Calif., at Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. Apparently, Valentine has been using the same slogan since his days working on the Microsoft Exchange server. But the repetition is getting eerie.