I am glad to see that a significant number of posts reflect my opinion when I first read the topic. Microsoft is what it is, a corporation founded on the basis of making money. No one is forcing them to supply security patches for Windows98...they could say it is now obsolete and no longer support it at all. The products it is supporting through these security offerings are up to four years old, which is a lot longer than their originally intended life span, I'm sure. That's in addition to the fact that they are attempting to provide security services like this at no monetary cost to the consumer. Do you think GM would upgrade the radio in a '98 Cavalier to XM for free? It's all a matter of perspective, but I'm happy to see that MS is still providing services like this for their older OS's.
Dave
(I dual boot)
I admit that I was impressed with the movie, although anyone could nitpick their way through anything if they try hard enough. I was highly disappointed with Epsiode 1, but I think Lucas made up for it in Ep2. There are loopholes, but I thought the movie was generally well constructed and had the old "Star Wars" feel to it. It's made me actually look forward to Ep3, which I had imagined would be the best of the series. My biggest regret is that, to me, Episode 2 really is what Episode 1 should have been.
Geez, I wish the donor would have considered giving to UNC-Law. Those dang Dookies!! The IP program here is way behind what it should be, that's for sure. Although, if the money did come here, odds are they'd use it for environmental law or something.:/
Dave
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I am glad to see that a significant number of posts reflect my opinion when I first read the topic. Microsoft is what it is, a corporation founded on the basis of making money. No one is forcing them to supply security patches for Windows98...they could say it is now obsolete and no longer support it at all. The products it is supporting through these security offerings are up to four years old, which is a lot longer than their originally intended life span, I'm sure. That's in addition to the fact that they are attempting to provide security services like this at no monetary cost to the consumer. Do you think GM would upgrade the radio in a '98 Cavalier to XM for free? It's all a matter of perspective, but I'm happy to see that MS is still providing services like this for their older OS's. Dave (I dual boot)
I admit that I was impressed with the movie, although anyone could nitpick their way through anything if they try hard enough. I was highly disappointed with Epsiode 1, but I think Lucas made up for it in Ep2. There are loopholes, but I thought the movie was generally well constructed and had the old "Star Wars" feel to it. It's made me actually look forward to Ep3, which I had imagined would be the best of the series. My biggest regret is that, to me, Episode 2 really is what Episode 1 should have been.
--Dave
Geez, I wish the donor would have considered giving to UNC-Law. Those dang Dookies!! The IP program here is way behind what it should be, that's for sure. Although, if the money did come here, odds are they'd use it for environmental law or something. :/
Dave
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2L, UNC-Law