>>Win2000 was originally known as NT 5. Actually, I think it was known as Cairo before that. It's apparently going to replace both NT and Win 98. There will probably be two versions, one mainly for home use, the other for business users. Windows 98 is supposedly the end of the line for the 16/32 bit hybrid OS. Win2000 will take care of a lot of the features in Win 98 that are missing from NT (power management and plug-and-play are two major features). Win2000 won't have the same level of compatibility with 16-bit applications that Win 98 does.
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>That sounds more like what I heard a while ago, which makes sense - it was only today poking around the MS site that it seemed only NT was discussed in relation to the 2000 beta - but maybe that's all the early beta does, and subsequent versions will be more all-encompassing?

You might want to take a run out to www.ntfaq.com; there's a great deal of information on Win2K there in the FAQ.