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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.
Editors suck sometimes...
Also, maybe because WinXP is newer? Anyone think of that? I mean there are fewer 2004 cars on the road than 2004... does that mean people cling to 2004 cars? No. It means they're more of them available and people already have them.
Also aren't we anti-Windows here?
Boo windows!
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Even so Windows 98 is better than Debian Linux.
Debian is yesturday's technology today.
A bad day with Windows 98 is still better than a good day with Debian.
There is nothing to see here.
Move along!
Move along!
All versions after 98 have only been bugfixes!
98 was nearly unusable! Crashing every 10 minutes!!!
I havent paid for windows since 95! Why should I pay for bugfixes?!?
That's Amazing Man!!!!
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They are not old! They are Beatifulll old macs!!
Just take the devil out of them and install NetBSD.
BTW: If you think that Public Schools inside the USA are 'poor', please came check out what 100 years of USA economical domination through the FMI did to shcools in my country. We are not complaining about old computers, because there are none, and in many places the principal issue is to give the kids something to eat
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
Nothing other than satisfy the immature need to have a newer toy.
--Mike--
10 cents say Microsoft will soon "revoke" Win95 and 98 EULAs to force everyone to upgrade (preferably to Linux) !
Maybe we deserve this world ?
Ok, so now Win98 is retired, i.e. not available from its maker, Microsoft. Soon, the second-hand market for Windows licenses will die out.
Once there are no licenses available anymore, and since Microsoft doesn't care anymore either (they've abandoned the OS), why shouldn't it be possible to copy and download it freely?
I mean, I realize Win98 is still under copyright from M$ and isn't public domain, but given that they don't make money out of it and they don't support it, it's as good as abandonware, no?
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nice try, troll
>>when she decided, for political reasons
Tell the stupid bitch to get a life (and maybe get pregnant (not by you, obviously)) so she has more important things to worry about!
>>although I still switched her to icewm and streamlined her startup
God! I bet she wishes you would "streamline her startup" !!! But she's out of luck as you are clearly a hopeless gay geek boy with zero libido.
I thank you for your suggestion; the more Windows XP Blaster zombies there are in the world, the more jobs there are for the likes of me.
If companies realized just how much money they dump into fixing all of the problems Windows 98 is privy to, they'd all be on Windows XP.
I guess I'm the only nerd in Slashdot who uses a Pentium Pro 150Mhz as my main PC. Of course, I have it OC'ed to 166Mhz, but considering all the advancements in PC technology over, oh let's say the last 8 years, yeah, my computer is pretty old. I can probably get $10 for it. (That was the auction price for a lot of 30 Pentium 150's at a local auction here in Vancouver, BC) It runs Windows 98, although its riddled with viruses and spyware. As long as it doesn't completely destroy my computer, I'll continue using it for my personal use as well as a target for hackers and spammers. I've come to regard my PC as a bastard child, and as such, I don't really care for it more than properly shutting it off when I go to sleep. I've long lost support for it. Given the allure of OSX, I don't think I'll be upgrading to Longhorn in 2010.
There are no independant service firms, because they would not be profitable.
If you think there is such big demand for one, fucking start your own. jesus christ, it's a free market.