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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ BearItAll ] on Monday 17 July 2006 15:46 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | ...when Microsoft released a patch to fix a security bug found in
>>> | several versions of Windows, it did not include a fix for 98 or Me,
>>> | saying it was "not feasible to make the extensive changes necessary."
>>> | The bug could allow an intruder to take control of a computer
>>> | running Windows.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | That doesn't mean computers running these versions of Windows are
>>> | obsolete, like the Commodore 64 I still have in my basement.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | Some people have speculated that Microsoft's withdrawal of support
>>> | for Windows 98 could spur some users who want to hold on to their
>>> | old computers to install Linux, a free operating system based on
>>> | Unix used mainly in computer servers.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/windows98.html
>>
>> There are always some wanting to hold on to the old versions, what ever the
>> OS. MS can't really be expected to keep them current, we just have to call
>> on the Pirates code 'Them as falls behind stays behind'.
>
>
> I met people who were still suing Netscape 4, for E-mail and
> perhaps browsing, too.
>
>
>> These people have had plenty of time to opt for Linux if they wanted to,
>> chances are they are staying with 98 simply because of their games
>> collections, so I can't see them wiping off a system that they will not be
>> able to replace.
>>
>> Some people in a forum I use still say that XP doesn't play all of the
>> games that they have properly and when you concider some of those games
>> cost them £30-50, you can understand their reluctance to abandon it.
>
>
> Windows boasts its backward compatibility. I often see clock
> speed as an issue, especially if you run DOS games without a
> decent emulator. In any case, if such people were to use
> GNU/Linux, they could just create multiple partitions and
> then install (for free) all their favourite distributions,
> including that nostalgic trail with older libraries. With an
> out-of-date Wine I can still run some Windows programs. With
> some other emulators I can still play my favourite Super
> Nintendo and Megadrive games (been a while though).
There's nothing to stop /anyone/ from running an old Win98 system, so
long as they don't connect it to the net. They can dual-boot with a
proper OS like Linux for when they want to go online, and even have the
advantage that Linux can read and write to the Win98 filesystem, and
even run a lot of the programmes there using wine, dosemu and dosbox.
But, if they /really/ want it, the Win98 will be available to boot into.
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