Windoos 98 Second Edition zal vandaag door if (User="Pro-M$") [echo "Microsoft";] else [echo "Mikrosoft";] aangekondigd worden. Volgende maand zal hij in de VS te koop zijn, voor de prijs van 89,95 dollar. Upgrades vanaf Win98 kosten $19,95. 40 piek voor een opgehevelde bugfix!?:
Is that worth $20? Sometimes when Microsoft wants to push new features, e.g. IE or ISDN support way back in the early days of 95, they came as free downloads and on more promotional CDs than you could shake a stick at. But with Windows 2000 locked in development for months yet (despite recent beta attacks), and looking not entirely suited for home users, Microsoft needed a stop gap product. And some stop-gap revenue, we cynics reckon.
