On 2006-07-11, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:17:08 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> __/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Tuesday 11 July 2006 21:59 \__
>>
>>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:08:30 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Microsoft Is Shooting Itself In The Foot, Again
>>>>
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>>>>| I think that Microsoft has grown arrogant and greedy enough to ignore
>>>>| the fact that there are many PC users that still run Windows 98 and
>>>>| Windows ME. With security updates and patches ceasing to appear for the
>>>>| Windows 9x clone the left-behind users might be compelled to switch to
>>>>| Linux (in fact this very realization prompted Microsoft to extend the
>>>>| support for Windows 98 and ME from the original cut-off date of
>>>>| January 2004).
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://techsearch.cmp.com/blog/archives/2006/07/microsoft_is_sh.html?loc=software_and_web_development
>>>
>>> So, when was the last time a patch was released for Red Hat 4? Suse 3?
>>> Mandrake 5?
>>>
>>> Windows 98 is 8 years old. No linux vendor is still supporting systems
>>> they sold that long ago.
>>
>> Upgrades are free; requirement barriers are merely unchanged owing to
>> modularity and customisation. Last followup, but it was so obvious, so it
>> had to be stated.
>
> Upgrades are not necessarily free, but even if they are, that's beside the
> point. If you bought your copy of Linux, why wouldn't you buy another one?
No, the point is, you stated:
No linux vendor is still supporting systems sold that long ago.
The response has beeb:
So what? They aren't needed because we can do it ourselves.
Your_honest_ response* should be along the lines of:
Windross is crapware. You're permanently screwed when the vendor
drops it, as with 98 and ME, unless you're willing to shell out more
moolah and dump working hardware at the same time.
* If you were capable of making one. Which you aren't. For congenital
reasons. Nobody is surprised. Not even DuFS or tab.
--
Buy microsoft products. It's not like you needed that money or those
rights anyway.
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