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Story: The game's up for Windows 2000

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Microsoft are pushing a bad bet.
Windows 2000 is not ready to go, unlike NT4 was when it was pushed, because there is not enough take up of Windows XP.

Microsoft are going to lose market share over this. Another company is going to be smart, and pick up the loss, and Microsoft are going to lose billions (if they push this).

They have lost credibility with security issues and patching, and a 'join or die' attitude to competitors and customers alike.

They seem to think that, unlike IBM, and countless conglomerates before, they will not lose market share to competitors.

Anyone else notice that Mozilla has intermittent access problems when the XP firewall is running...even if you make it the 'main browser'?

Ever wonder why the error message you get from Mozilla during these access problems mentions 'firewall configuration' problems as the reason for the intermittent problems?

Ever wonder why there is nowhere obvious within the XP firewall to check settings related to individual program access (as you would get in, say, Zone Alarm from Zone Labs, where you can set access levels for every single application or system attempting to access the internet)?

Ever wonder why this error message in Mozilla dissapears the moment you turn off the XP firewall, and use A N Other firewall (such as the aforementioned Zone Alarm)?

Microsoft are still playing games, and the business world is tired of it. They better learn to loosen up, or they will lose money.

Watch this space! :)

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