BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 17, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY Bill's Vision Gates rebuffed the trustbusters' proffered deal partly because Microsoft's hopes of dominating the Web depend on adding new features to Windows. Here's what's coming: TECHNOLOGY and PURPOSE: VOICE RECOGNITION Built-in freedom from your mouse STREAMING MEDIA Built-in ability to get music and video PASSPORT Automatically supplies credit-card numbers, passwords, etc., when shopping or surfing Web sites GROUP SCHEDULING Arranges for virtual meetings, complete with shared documents NEXT GENERATION WINDOWS SERVICES Builds Web functions into the operating system to link everything from Internet buying to calendars and e-mail _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Is the Party Over? COVER IMAGE: Wall Street: Is the Party Over? CHART: Tech Comes Back to Earth CHART: Internet Stocks Take a Dive TABLE: The Move to Quality Margin Calls: Not a Lot of Wiggle Room Time to Keep a Cool Head TABLE: Why You Shouldn't Sell in a Panic The Dot-Coms Are Falling to Earth TABLE: The Internet Shakeout Why Gates Is Rolling the Dice TABLE: Bill's Vision ONLINE ORIGINAL: "Ultimately, the Market Gets Priced on Fundamentals" ONLINE ORIGINAL: BW's Bill Wolman on the Stampede to Quality (Video) ONLINE ORIGINAL: Oppenheimer Funds' Marci Rossell on the Market in the New Economy (Video) INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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