Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:08:30 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> 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).
>> `----
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http://techsearch.cmp.com/blog/archives/2006/07/microsoft_is_sh.html?loc=software_and_web_development
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> So, when was the last time a patch was released for Red Hat 4? Suse 3?
> Mandrake 5?
>
Any time a patch comes out for the kernel or it's patches... No big deal.
RH4, S3 and M5 are every bit as current as "today"....
> Windows 98 is 8 years old. No linux vendor is still supporting systems
> they sold that long ago.
All I need do is walk down my street... Most of my neighbors STILL struggle
keeping win98 and winme going... I've done more to advocate Linux in my
neighborhood than anyone else has done for windows. :')
Cheers.
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Jerry McBride
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