Windows 98 Phased Out

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Posted by michael on Sunday January 4, 2004 @11:36AM from the don't-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out dept.

Via_Patrino writes "According to Microsoft on january 16, MS Windows 98 and 98se will end Extended Support Phase, that means they'll became obsolete and assisted support will no longer be available from Microsoft, affecting about 27% of the internet users. That means even if 98 is working well for your needs (and especially computer specifications) and you want to pay for support (because that might cost less than switching hardware) you can't, because who will be able to patch eventual new bugs (security related or not) besides Microsoft? So if you're not planning a switch it might be your last opportunity to update MS Windows 98, after that some software might disappear from MS website (just like MSIE 5.5 for 95 did)."

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Hey! by zr-rifle · 2004-01-04 11:39 · Score: 4, Funny

Screw Windows98, what about us MS DOS users?

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Dang..... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 11:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Sounds like that typical MS, screwing you out of support after a scant 6 or more years. BASTARDS!

Of course, when you try to update Red Hat Linux 5.2 or Apple OS 8.5, it still works flawlessly. But no, those greedy, awful bastards at MS are just continually SCREWING the customer.
Re:Who cares... by Trurl's+Machine · 2004-01-04 11:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Anyone still using win9x really ought to upgrade to windows 2k/XP. It will save you a lot of headaches.

...and upgrade the obsolete headaches to modern pain-in-the-asses.
Re:It appears the time has come... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 11:47 · Score: 1, Funny

Can you imagine the support for that. What if that code gets into Linux. Can you imagine the legal headache there?
Re:Well... by Unregistered · 2004-01-04 11:48 · Score: 4, Funny

OSX doesn't run too good on most machines that currently run 98. Something about a power something, or maybe a G something, i forget ;).
Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 11:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Give me a fucking break!!! That's not the only option. I switched to OS X and have never been happier!

That's odd, because you sound decidely irritated.
Re:People will keep using it, regardless... by a_n_d_e_r_s · 2004-01-04 12:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Ever heard of an operatingsystem called Linux ?

The good part - you always have the source!

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Good God! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 12:51 · Score: 1, Funny

Next thing, someone will be telling me IBM will no longer support OS/2! (said I, as I rock back and forth violently)
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Re:27% of google users use windows 98 by cfuse · 2004-01-04 12:58 · Score: 4, Funny

THere are many people who just use e-mail and hardly ever use google.
There are apparently people who don't look at porn on the internet too, I've never met them either.
If this were about winows ME by way2trivial · 2004-01-04 12:59 · Score: 2, Funny

everyone would be going- who gives a f***

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QEMM! by Eric_Cartman_South_P · 2004-01-04 13:07 · Score: 5, Funny

I havn't gotten my 5 1/4 update disk from QEMM in a loooong time now! Goota pack those TSR's all into the HMB and UMB nice and tidy, baby! :)
Re:Well... by SweetAndSourJesus · 2004-01-04 13:21 · Score: 2, Funny

They used MovieOS, of course.

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No problem! by Ezza · 2004-01-04 13:37 · Score: 2, Funny

Just upgrade to Windows ME which is still supported.

Umm, no, wait.. never mind...

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That reminds me. by blair1q · 2004-01-04 17:04 · Score: 3, Funny

This article reminds me of an old joke I just made up:

Why did they call it Windows?

Because it's easily broken.