Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 26, 1995 TAG: 9503290031
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: SAN MATEO, CALIF. LENGTH: Medium
The company is aware of the problem but is shipping 450,000 anyway as part of a preview program, the magazine said.
``I fear that unless Microsoft goes back to the drawing board on this operating system, only light users will get anything out of it,'' said Nicholas Petreley, the magazine's executive editor.
He said the system's inability to handle several types of sophisticated applications at the same time made it questionable for business use.
The Windows 95 story will be included in Monday's issue of the San Mateo-based magazine.
Microsoft is the world's leading maker of personal computer software. The anticipated release of Windows 95 has been touted as one of the most significant events in the software industry.
New software products often harbor minor flaws. But Microsoft has delayed the debut of Windows 95 a few times, raising questions about whether there were more serious problems.
Microsoft officials told the magazine they were aware of the flaw earlier this year and have developed a software fix, but will ship that later.
Microsoft provided the magazine a copy of the fix, Petreley said. While if helps the initial problem, it can make Windows 95 less stable, he said.
David Cole, general manager of Windows 95 product development for Microsoft, is quoted as saying that Windows 95 is a very complex system that will ``probably create a few new bugs, but we'll fix them.''
Microsoft officials told The Associated Press on Friday night that they were aware of the article but had no immediate comment.
The magazine, published since 1978, has a circulation of about 225,000, it said.
by CNB