Windows 9x accounts for more than half of MS's OS revenue - and it's biggest draw? Games and Multimedia. It is why, MS has to ship the Windows 9x follow-up Millenium - it isn't sure if it can survive on W2K alone.
Now, remember one of the big reasons why so many DOS users made their upgrade to Windows 95? DirectX - no more "exit windows" and "c:\>win" if people wanted to switch between work and game.
Linux is starting to eat in MS's server market. Big progress, you think? But I guess it would be a bigger nightmare for MS if it eats into MS's consumer OS market i.e. win9x.
MS is just doing the sensible thing to study a potential competition to its biggest cash cow.
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Anyone willing to place a bet that someone will start a project called "Gylix"?
Windows 9x accounts for more than half of MS's OS revenue - and it's biggest draw? Games and Multimedia. It is why, MS has to ship the Windows 9x follow-up Millenium - it isn't sure if it can survive on W2K alone.
Now, remember one of the big reasons why so many DOS users made their upgrade to Windows 95? DirectX - no more "exit windows" and "c:\>win" if people wanted to switch between work and game.
Linux is starting to eat in MS's server market.
Big progress, you think? But I guess it would be a bigger nightmare for MS if it eats into MS's consumer OS market i.e. win9x.
MS is just doing the sensible thing to study a potential competition to its biggest cash cow.