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Microsoft Withholds Y2K Fix for Win95?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-ain't-so-cool dept.

dbrown has sent us an interesting little ditty over at CNN about MS Withholding Patches to Win95 that resolve Y2k issues. The article is kinda sketchy- it looks like they weren't telling people about said patch, and it seems to imply that it was a lure to get people to spend the big bucks upgrading to Win98. Just read it and see what you think.

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  1. Is this the package? by Outland+Traveller · · Score: 4

    I just found the link to the Y2K package I downloaded a few days back:

    http://www.microsoft. com/windows/downloads/bin/w95/y2kw95.txt

    Is this what all the fuss is about?

  2. Not a bug, dangnab it! by evilpenguin · · Score: 4

    I'm sure it is way too late to do anything about this, but I'd sure like to see /.ters being smart about this.


    Y2K problems are NOT BUGS! A bug is an unintended behavior, when a program or system behaves in a manner inconsistent with design and intent. The Y2K problem is a design flaw. The people who wrote these systems knew full well about the problems of a two digit year and they chose to implement the systems that way anyways. If you intended it, it is not a bug.


    I know this is techno-nitpicking. But this bugs me more than "can you borrow me five bucks?" And, hey, now that you mention it...


    EvilPenguin (aka Michael Schwarz), grammatically uptight in Minneapolis...