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Microsoft Pulls Plug for Support on NT4
seymansey writes "According to Neowin.net and News.com, Microsoft has apparently announced that as of the end of June, support for the now aging NT4 OS will be pulled. NT4 Server users have until the end of 2004 for support. Windows 98 users will be the next on the list for axed support too. Of course, Microsoft will still provide its knowledge base, but we wont see any more patches, etc. developed for the OS. After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go."
they're going to pull the plug! Damn!
Arf!
I still have to use NT 4 at work. It sucks to have to sync my Palm Pilot with a serial cradle! Yay 1987!
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And now Microsoft will turn it to Open Software so volunteers can start an own fork of it and continue deveploving it. .. and will win eurovision song contest and soccer world championship. And SCO will be popular again.
OR, then not.
It is kind of sad to see Linux kernel series 1.99 go.
I dropped support for Microsoft too.
BSD is designed. Linux is grown. C++ libs
That's funny, there hasn't been a patch for NT4 in a very long time. What support is it that they're not going to be providing anymore.
The big question is this, which happens faster? Wine can support any app for a given MS OS, or MS declares the OS so obsolete and unused that nobody uses it?
--LP, who drank his first Wine about a decade ago
"What support is it that they're not going to be providing anymore?"
LipService!(TM). Beginning today, MS **will stop** saying that NT4 is affected by a worm or virus. They **will stop** using it in comparisons and benchmarks. They **will stop** Subscription (dis)Advantage programs for NT4 - you will have to pay $200 to get into WinXP Prof and then get the support.
All in all, MS **will stop** making quality software like good ol' NT4.
Warning: LipService will be avbl for versions above Win2K only!
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
Or part of their advertising agreement with Microsoft (as /. is covered in .net ads) is that they can't post negative stories about them anymore. ;)
"After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go."
7 years ago, it was kind of sad to see NT4 coming.
Alex, I'll take keybindings not used by Emacs for $400....
Hmm, you haven't actually used NT4 lately, have you? =)
I just read some sad news on Slashdot - administrators' favourite excuse Windows NT was found dead in its Redmond site this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to headache culture. Truly a Microsoft icon.
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Okay, that's enough Bill.
And tell John Chambers to stay away from the keyboard as well. There is already enough Cisco equipment in circulation to give every automobile in America it's own router. Check Ebay every once in a while...
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A subliminal typo mb mb?
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You don't get the nifty collaboration features that Outlook has. Group calendaring, group task lists. It's nice, for instance, to be able check your boss's meeting schedule so you can fit in that Quake III Arena deathmatch. ;)
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NT was one of the first efforts by Microsoft to create a real operating system acknowledging that not all PCs are simple consumer devices
Then how come it didn't have plug and play support?
RedHat? Hell I run Gentoo.
And the major reason is that I got sick of reinstalling the OS every 9 months to stay up2date on all the packages.
(Flashback)...
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it's advocating homogeneous networks. Which is sound advice.
Down with those homos! Heterogeny forever!
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