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Retired Microsoft Operating Systems Still Popular

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "Despite Microsoft's recent retirement of Windows 98, News.com reports that many users continue to cling to the company's older operating systems. The study cited in the article suggests that 80 percent of companies still have machines operating on Windows 95 or 98. While Windows 2000 was the most common OS in the study, just 6.6 percent of the desktop machines included in the survey were running Windows XP." The results aren't too surprising. I get a lot of user mail from Netscape 4 users, and it only makes sense that they're running it somewhere.

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  1. Re:Companies are better off than schools. by Glock27 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    smebody flames a guy with a UID of glock27. somebody is really fscking stupid. personally, i like a 1911a1, but hey, that's just me.

    I chose the 27 as my personal defense weapon since it has plenty of stopping power (.40 S&W), is quite concealable, is reasonably accurate, and carries the full legal (sigh) compliment of 10 rounds (9+1).

    Recommended! :-)

    Since large capacity mags were banned, it makes the most sense to go for the max capability in the smallest package, IMO. Come to think of it, if I want 20 round "magazine capacity" I should just get a second 27...now there's a good thought! Heck, I really enjoy the "Akimbo" pistols in RTCW ET, might as well try it in real life... ;-)

    (BTW, I chose my handle quite on impulse...I didn't expect to make over 700 posts to /. at that point... /. is a great forum for free speech and free thinking of all kinds - subject to moderator approval of course.;)

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    Score: -1 100% Flamebait