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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.
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| [...]
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| That doesn't mean computers running these versions of Windows are
| obsolete, like the Commodore 64 I still have in my basement.
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| [...]
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| 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.
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