Microsoft offers the most popular operating systems for use on the desktop. Their series of operating systems started with MS-DOS and now includes Windows95 and WindowsNT. One of be big pluses for these operating systems is a wealth of relatively inexpensive applications programs are available. One of the biggest shortcomings of this series of operating systems was the lack of decent connectivity and interoperability. These problems are more significant that with legacy systems because the single-user nature of these systems increased the need for decent connectivity. Windows95 and WindowsNT addresses the connectivity issue fairly well among like systems but these systems are still lacking in the areas of interoperability with other operating system. This deficiency actually encourages people to still with an ``all-Microsoft'' shop. On the surface this may sound like a good solution but limitations such as poor Internet connectivity and low security may cost more to overcome.
Windows 98 (called "Memphis" during development and previously called "Windows 97" based on an earlier schedule) is a widely-installed product in Microsoft's evolution of the Windows operating system for personal computers. Windows 98 expresses Microsoft's belief that
Web Design Firm want and should have a global view of their potential resources and that Web technology should be an important part of the user interface. Although building Microsoft's own Web browser into the user desktop has been an issue in the U.S. Justice Department's suit, Windows 98 was released as planned with its tightly integrated browser. In Windows 98, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is an integral part of the operating system. Using the Active Desktop of Windows 98, you can view and access desktop objects that reside on the World Wide Web as well as local files and applications. The Windows 98 desktop is, in fact, a Web page with HTML links and features that exploit Microsoft's ActiveX control. With Windows 98 (or with Internet Explorer 4.0 in Windows 95), you can set up news and other content to be push technology to you from specified Web sites. Windows 98 also provides a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT) that allows you to have a single-partition disk drive larger than 2 Gbytes. Other features in Windows 98 include: Support for Universal banned-keyword Bus (USB), which makes it easy to plug in new devices, Support for Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) and Support for a new industry-standard form of power management called Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).
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