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Microsoft Retires Windows 98

Posted by michael on from the porch-and-rocking-chair dept.

prostoalex writes "Complying with the court requirement related to Sun-Microsoft lawsuit over Java, Microsoft is retiring Windows 98, SQL Server 7, Office XP Developer Edition and some other products."

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  1. Re:Fact: Windows 98 is dying by madprof · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That was good, but you forgot to do
    s/FreeBSD/Windows 98/g; on every line...

  2. Re:Fact: Windows 98 is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You missed one.

    But Windows 98 still does it's business like it did back in 1998. Still works for some. I see no reason why it dying makes it anything less than what it has been for the last 5+ years. And as such, could still be useful. I still have Win98SE in vmware and intend to keep it goin for a while yet :)

  3. No complaints by go3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    About time someone sent this horse to the glue factory.

  4. Re:Fact: Windows 98 is dying by PhxBlue · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The erosion of user base for FreeBSD continues in a head spinning downward spiral.

    Hey, you missed a spot. :-)

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    !#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
  5. Re:So? by ajax0187 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Fascinating that the first post can get marked (-1) Redundant...

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  6. Re:So? by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And not to menstion its poor-excuse-of-an-OS successor Windows ME.

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    for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
  7. Re:Fact: Windows 98 is dying by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 0, Redundant
    %s/FreeBSD/Windows 98/g

    The irony is this will be moded as redundunt.

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    for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
  8. Re:Hollow victory by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Any guess as to what OS their next PC is going to run?

    Windows XP Home.

    (Was that not the answer you were looking for?)