Three years ago, millions of us confronted a daunting task: upgrade Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. This meant a new user interface, some application incompatibilities, and some hardware that didn't work. But the promise was huge, and most of us upgraded. Now, millions of us are faced with a sequel: upgrade to Windows 98. It's the same deal: a new user interface, more application incompatibilities, and more hardware that won't work. But this time there's a difference: Windows 98 is no big deal, at least not for IS departments. For IS, it's basically a bunch of Windows 95 service packs rolled together-a dot release. What is important, though, is that with Windows 98, we're looking at the end of an era—the end of Microsoft's commitment to 16-bit operating systems. "In terms of [16-bit-based] technology," says Phil Holden, Windows product manager at Microsoft, "Windows 98 is the end of the line."
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机译：三年前，我们成千上万的人面临着艰巨的任务：将Windows 3.1升级到Windows95。这意味着新的用户界面，某些应用程序不兼容性以及某些无法使用的硬件。但是，希望是巨大的，我们大多数人都升级了。现在，我们无数人都面临着一个续集：升级到Windows98。这是相同的事情：新的用户界面，更多的应用程序不兼容性以及更多无法使用的硬件。但这一次是有区别的：Windows 98没什么大不了的，至少对于IS部门来说不是。对于IS来说，基本上是一堆Windows 95 Service Pack（点发行版）。但是，重要的是，对于Windows 98，我们正在展望时代的终结，即Microsoft对16位操作系统的承诺的终结。微软Windows产品经理Phil Holden说：“就[基于16位的]技术而言，Windows 98即将结束。”
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