Quotes by Chris Le Tocq

“The question is, to what degree can Microsoft integrate whats on the operating system with the services it offers on the Web and avoid tripping over the antitrust issue? I think Microsoft is very sensitive to this.”

“I really think that AOL is going to have to be pushed real hard to sign on to this.”

“Were talking about something thats four-and-a-half years old. Although there are a lot of businesses that still have Office 97 running, getting free support so many years after, thats pressing your luck.”

“This is the last hurrah for the current architecture. The next version of Microsofts consumer operating system, Windows 2000, will be based on [a Windows] NT kernel. The business user transition from Windows 95 to NT Workstation is gradually emerging.”

“Microsoft would no longer have guaranteed placement on users desktops. That would mean its ability to leverage the desktop in terms of selling other services would be severely reduced, or it would have to negotiate directly to get that leverage.”

“It makes storing objects locally or on the Web essentially follow the same process.”

“What the federation approach does is provide the capability, through Passport, to make a single administration point for internal and external sites.”

“One of the things that users can expect is that there will be more and more integration between Microsofts services.”

“It is proving a challenge for them.”

“For instance, on a small business computer from Hewlett-Packard, the word Microsoft may never appear on the screen.”