Windows 98 crashed as Bill Gates provided a gilampse of its features at a computer trade show. The system, scheduled to be released in June and expected to be retailing for about $ 89, collapsed on Monday when a Microsoft employee attempted to plug in a scanner with his boss standing alongside.
Gates was forced to move to another computer to complete his demonstration of the success to Windows 95. I guess we stil have some bags to work out, he noted ruefully. That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet.
Microsoft had been planning to debut the finished version of Windows 98 at the spring Comdex (computer dealers expo), the first major computer trade show of the year.
However, industry observers said the launch was delayed because of Tuesday's scheduled US Appeals court hearing in Washington in the justice department's anti-trust case against Microsoft.
