Thanks to dmitchell for this link.
“… Microsoft is turning up the heat on ISVs to get behind
Windows 2000 with months to go before the release.”
“Despite planning to spend almost $48 million on this effort,
the software giant expects only 10 applications to fit the criteria
of so-called “vision applications” that exploit specific new
Windows 2000 technologies when the OS debuts later this year.”
“… the onus is on Microsoft to spur development, or the
software giant may suffer weak adoption rates…”
…”vision” applications… will leverage Component Object
Model+ (COM+), Active Directory, and other new technologies. Vision
applications will gain a coveted Windows 2000 logo and comarketing
opportunities with Microsoft — “extra love,” in the Redmond,
Wash.-based company’s words.”