Conference noted::windows95

    Is there anything new on Windows 97? A way to get a copy of the beta?
    Is it on any of my MSDN cds? Any of the beta cds?? 
    
    ANyone know?
    
    James

	You can't get on the beta. You can't legally use a copy of
	the beta. It's not on MSDN, at least not yet.

	IE 4.0 should be out by the end of the month for open beta
	testing. Downloadable from the MS servers.

	Memphis, a.k.a. Windows97, probably won't go to an open
	beta, but then, who knows. I wouldn't expect to see anything
	available for quite a while.

							mike

    Allegedly Memphis/Win97 is at the release candidate stage...

    Does anyone have the OSR2 .CAB files available on-line? Since we have a
    corporate-wide Windows-95 license, I'd like to build my recently failed
    office PC with OSR2 and have the details to use the raw CAB files to do
    just that.
    
    Does anyone have the OSR2 .CAB files online that I could grab?
    
    Mark

    Mark,
    
    Map a drive to \\sta001\osr2   (password tle)
    
    regards,
    
    /Thien

 ... and I thought our license was for pre-osr2?  If not I just wasted
 $75 on a kit/license!

 Bruce

    Bruce,
    
    The password is in 2317.31
    
    Cheers,
    
    /Thien

    re: .34 by FIEVEL::FILGATE
    
    >> mea culpa!  I  thought that was a typo!
    
    Right, but your question in .32 is still valid.  I have not heard of
    any license agreement that allows us to install this OSR2 on anything
    other than new PCs, presumably for sale and number of licenses tracked.
    
    I could be wrong...  Normally, one can look on the ccs page to find
    kits to which DIGITAL has licensed for internal use.  I only saw the
    standard Windows 95, not the OSR2.
    
    /Bill

Hi folks,

 This is public domain info as it is taken from the Australian newspaper 'The Sydney Morning 
Herald, dated 18 March 97' .  

WWW.mydesktop.com/features/osr2/

 Ron.

    SEATTLE, March 24 (Reuter) - Microsoft Corp was off more
    than four percent Monday, after reports that the successor to
    the Windows 95 operating system could be delayed until 1998. 
    
    Microsoft was down 4-5/8 at 89-3/8 and was the most active
    Nasdaq issue after the reports that the Windows 95 update,
    code-named Memphis, probably would not be released in 1997 as
    previously anticipated. 
    
    Industry analysts said the likely delay of the operating
    system update would have little financial impact on Microsoft
    but could reflect a diminishing corporate appetite for frequent
    software upgrades. 
    
    "For large organizations every year and a half to two years
    is too fast for new versions," said David Rothschild of Piper
    Jaffray. "Every three or four years is more like it." 
    
    Jonathan Roberts, director of product management for
    Windows at Microsoft, confirmed that computer manufacturers had
    been told they would not get the operating system code in in
    time for holiday season shipments to the retail market. 
    
    He said developers still expected to issue the first major
    beta test version to customers by June 30. He declined to
    comment on a projected final release date, saying that would
    depend on feedback from testers. 
    
    But computer manufacturers that sell in major retail
    outlets generally need final code by July to ship their
    products in time for the holiday season, Roberts said. 
    
    He added that it would be "desirable" to synchronize the
    retail release of the software to coincide roughly with
    shipments on new computers. 
    
    The Windows 95 update will include several major new
    features including integration of Microsoft's forthcoming
    Internet Explorer 4.0 browser with the user interface. 
    
    While most of the new performance-related features are
    ready, developers are still working on the new browser, which
    addsd "push" technology features and comes hard on the heels of
    version 3.0 of the browser, a major update released in August. 
    Widely publicized security flaws discovered recently in
    Explorer 3.0 might be part of the reason Microsoft has decided
    to go slow with the operating system update, some analysts said. 
    
    "It's fair to say Internet Explorer got a fair amount of
    heat for the security problem," said Larry Dietz of Zona
    Research, an analyst at Zona Research. 
    
    But he also said Microsoft could be "throttling back a
    little" because of resistance to frequent upgrades from
    corporate users. 
    
    Rothschild said the Memphis delay would be unlikely to
    affect Microsoft's earnings or revenues significantly,
    particularly because the software giant defers much of the
    income it gets from operating systems. 
    
    But he and other analysts noted the company's stock is
    still relatively high priced compared with its expected growth. 
    
    "It's an expensive stock, and whenever you get a whiff of
    bad news it's going to behave like this," said Mike Wallace of
    UBS Securities. "I don't think it's a big deal." 

    shees. change Memphis to Chicago, '98 to '95...
    
    "Play it again Sam...."