Beilinson also insists Windows 2000's wizards will save small companies money in the long run because less time will be lost to training. Beilinson did agree that if your computers are working well now, there's no need rush into Windows 2000. He predicts it will take at least six more months before Microsoft releases an update that fixes the bugs. Meanwhile, software vendors will keep releasing products that work with Windows 98 and Windows 95 as well as Windows 2000. You can't hold off forever, though.
Vendors eventually stop supporting software developed for older operating systems.
That's what happened when Microsoft introduced Windows 95 and phased out Windows 3.1. Probably five years away. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.