>Economist 18 Sep 99:
>Windows 2000 has so often been described in semi-apocalyptic
>terms�the most complex engineering project in history, nearly 40m
>lines of code, the death marches of 4,000 programmers, the senior
>managers who have fallen on their swords or been replaced�that what
>it is and what it does can be overlooked. It is primarily an
>operating system for servers, the computers that power networks,
>running business applications and big databases. But because the
>distinction between servers and muscular workstation PCs is small,
>Windows 2000 will eventually find its way on to the majority of
>corporate desktop and notebook computers as well. It comes in four
>versions: Pro for PCs; Server for small businesses and basic file
>and print handling; Advanced Server for running departmental
>applications and small databases; and Datacenter Server for
>enterprise-wide and web applications and corporate databases.
This is quite interesting. Left unspoken, however, is the amount of RAM and
system configuration required to effectively run Windows 2000 Pro for PCs.
>Electronic Telegraph 30 Sep 99:
>Last week details of its Works Suite 2000 appeared on the Microsoft
>website. The software is one of the companion programs for Windows
>2000. The suite contains the familiar collection of word processor,
>money manager, encyclopedia and suchlike. Less welcome is the size
>of the package which weighs in at a life-threatening 1.4Gb if you
>install everything. Thankfully, that will be too much for most.
>Microsoft reckons a typical installation will be 820Mb. So that's
>all right then.
Whew. 820 megabytes for an works suite? My god--that's simply ridiculous.
I'll be staying with Windows 95 for a long while to come for my Windows
needs. Thanks for the information.
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