Computer Games Online has posted a feature "Windows 2000 - Is it time to upgrade?". Here a clip:

There are a whole bunch of questions we´re often asked that are best answered with "If you have to ask, then the answer is no." Upgrading to Windows 2000 is one of them. Simply put, Windows 2000 is not for consumersit´s for businesses, network administrators, network servers, etc. The only reason home users are inquiring about upgrading to it is because of its name. Microsoft stopped using version numbers back with Windows 95 (prior to that, it was "Windows 3.1" or "Windows NT 4.0" or what-have-you). The next Windows we saw with a date on it was Windows 98, then Windows 98 Second Edition. Thus, Windows 2000 must be the next in line, right? Well, no. Windows 2000 is the continuation of the Windows NT line, a replacement for Windows NT 4.0. It´s meant for those who have used Windows NT in the past, as well as for some business users who used Windows 95/98 but wanted some of Windows NT´s special features. Microsoft could have avoided some of the confusion by more aptly naming the product "Windows NT 2000."

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