SRO: Why Is Windows 2000 A Moving Target? Sep 2, 1999, 19 :24 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (7266 reads) (Other stories by Mary Jo Foley)
"Last week, I had no doubts that Microsoft easily would
manage to get its long-awaited Windows 2000 product
out the door before the end of calendar 1999. But now,
based on a number of emerging data points, that date's
looking more and more wishy-washy.
Microsoft did not get Release Candidate 2 of Beta 3 out
the door this week, as it originally expected. Now, it will
be lucky to do so by Sept... RC3 is now looking like it won't hit testers
by October 6, the date Microsoft had been counting on
releasing the product to manufacturing. Betanews is
predicting the product won't go gold until fall Comdex,
i.e., mid-November, at best.
More evidence of problems: Microsoft had slated a
major invite-only Windows 2000 Marketing Day for its
hardware and software partners next week. Now, that
event's been pushed off until mid-October...
What's going on? Microsoft's mum, but one of its
strongest Windows 2000 backers, IBM, isn't. At a
two-day press event at its Research Triangle Park
facility, IBM ...reiterated the company's
commitment to Windows 2000. But... also
acknowledged its concerns regarding Windows 2000..."
