> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty
> > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 2:56 AM
> > To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
> > W98SE?
> >
> >
> > It's a better OS overall. MS want to get everyone over into
> the NT/Win2K
> > environment so that can kill off Win9x/ME.
>
> No. They are working on a version of Windows that has a common base from
> which they can spin off various scaled versions, for use at home, office,
> server, etc. The price will be scaled similar to what we have
> today for ME,
> 2000 Professional, 2000 Server, etc. The way they will make more
> money doing
> this isn't by charging the consumer more money, but by reducing their own
> internal maintenance costs.
Actually, when I re-read what you wrote, I think this is what you were
trying to say in the first place. By creating a common base for all their
operating system offerings, they will eliminate the need for Win9x/ME, and
they are trying to get rid of it. But that won't mean consumers will pay any
more for the replacement than they do now for ME. They will simply have a
$98 operating system that is robust right down to the core.
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
