From: /m 

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:47:15 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:8mb6a29tk9bpta61l1lljf9efamh8kcrs2{at}4ax.com...
>
>> I just keep on loading my retail copies of Windows 2000 onto new
>> hardware that I buy.   That's probably why Microsoft wants to kill off
>> the model that I live in.  ;-)
>
>and they will. You can expect a series of security patches that break
>functionality, apps, and whatever else they can break.

The "security patches" have already drastically slowed the
startup and shutdown times of W2K.

 /m

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