“Windows 2000 … had been plagued with delays. Though Microsoft
disputes it, sources said the operating system had bloated at one
point to an eye-popping 50 million lines of code.”
…
“To get Windows 2000 out the door, Valentine decided to lop off
features that software programmers were still developing…
IntelliMirror, … and Active Directory…both will be scaled back
from the company’s original ambitions.”
…
“Windows 2000 delays are also helping fuel Linux, … While
Linux has a loyal following among the hardcore techie crowd, few
see it as more than a niche competitor to Microsoft. But that niche
is growing, in part because of the Windows 2000 delays.”