Originally Posted by DotNetWill:
“Neither was Apples when they moved from MacOS to OSX and look how that turned out.”
Microsoft had Windows ME at that time. Mac OS 9 was nothing to write home about, but certainly better than Windows ME. OS 9 was more on a par with Windows 98SE.
Having said that I think people will have to wait and see how good Windows Phone 7 is. It really isn't Windows, I think Microsoft should have called it something else like Microsoft Mobile.