__/ [ BearItAll ] on Monday 17 July 2006 15:46 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | ...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out-of-date Wine I can still run some Windows programs.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).
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