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Final Windows 2000 Update

Posted by Zonk on from the putting-her-out-to-pasture dept.

Ant writes "An article on eWeek discusses Microsofts plans to ship a Windows 2000 Update Rollup, the final security patch for the 5-year-old operating system. The Update Rollup, which replaces Windows 2000 SP5 (Service Pack 5), is a cumulative set of hot fixes, security patches and critical updates packaged together for easy deployment. The Update Rollup will contain all security-related updates produced for Windows 2000 between the time SP4 was released and the date the update ships. It will also feature a small number of important, non-security updates. The Update Rollup comes just one month before mainstream support for Windows 2000 client and server releases expires on June 30."

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  1. Because W2K is hurting XP Pro sale by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's fairly obvious that this is a ploy to... *stimulate* economy. Let's face it, vendors (including Microsoft) needs the revenue from upgrades. With hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses contently using W2k, there's little reason for software or hardware upgrade. Kill W2k, and revenue from software and hardware upgrade will come streaming in...

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  2. eWeek confims: Win2K is dying by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It is official -- eWeek confirms: Win2K is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Win2K community when Netcraft confirmed that Win2K market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent eWeek article which plainly states that Win2K will roll out the final Win2K update, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Win2K is collapsing in complete disarray. You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Win2K's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Win2K faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Win2K because Win2K is dying. Things are looking very bad for Win2K. As many of us are already aware, Win2K continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. All major surveys show that Win2K has steadily declined in market share. Win2K is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Win2K is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. Win2K continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Win2K is dead. Fact: Win2K is dying