Hi Roy,

-=> Roy J. Tellason wrote to Bo Simonsen <=-

 TW> Windows 98 gets a reprive

 TW> REDMOND, Washington (AP) -- Microsoft reversed a decision to stop
 TW> support for some older Windows operating systems, saying Monday some
 TW> customers in developing countries were not aware of the change.

 RJT> Heh.

You can never count on Microshaft.

 TW> Support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 S.E. had been scheduled to expire
 TW> Friday, and for Windows Millennium Edition on December 31. Under
 TW> Monday's decision, the software giant would maintain paid phone support
 TW> for the operating systems and review security threats to determine
 TW> whether it will provide customers with security patches through June
 TW> 30, 2006.

 BS> Wow! Then we can buy cheap old hardware, because people don't wonna
 BS> run a unmaintained OS.

 RJT> Even now I find it very inexpensive and easy to get
"older" hardware
 RJT> that people just don't seem to want any more.  Judging by the
 RJT> way I see some of it running m$ crap,  

Yes, it's nice for us which is running Linux, we can get cheap old 
hardware :-)

 RTJ> I can well
 RJT> understand why!  I've just written a bit ago a rather long
 RJT> email to "support" for a given set of web pages.  These pages are
 RJT> giving me an error message when I try to select certain menu options,
 RJT>  saying that "my browser has been inactive for 20 minutes
 RJT> or more",  never mind this was within five minutes of me
 RJT> getting online.  Their pages also have a "system checklist"
 RJT> function that my end _fails_ on each and every count
 RJT> (except one).  

Aha, also people wouldn't get security updates for their buggy Internet 
Explorer if they are running it on Win95/98/ME, so the crackers would 
get a easier life :/

 RJT> Yet I know darn well that all of these
 RJT> capabilities are there.  I'm just not running the software
 RJT> that they think I should.  Maybe my email will give them a
 RJT> clue,  though I seriously doubt it.  Subj. line said "This
 RJT> is bullshit"  :-)

Haha! :)

 BS> Or maybe we'll get more Linux users.. Who knows..

 RJT> Yep!

Many OS/2 and Amiga people did consider Linux as a good alternative, 
maybe the Win9x people would see it in the same way.. I'm really 
doubting, but there might be a chance.

 BS> I did just saw Microsoft is in to their big campain, about "showing
 BS> people the facts", but I really doubt it's the facts.

 RJT> Who cares what _they_ think the facts are.  Or what their version of
 RJT> the facts might look like?  I don't like their software,  or
 RJT> their approach to things other than software,  for that
 RJT> matter.

Buisness, companeys only count in money which is Microsofts point, but I 
_really_ doubt that their "scientific caluculation" is proper.

Bo


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