As others have already mentioned, lots of people are still using Win 95 / 98. I sell Pentum I 166MHz computers all the time. There is a big user base out there that uses there computers for web browsing and email and that's it. Why should these people upgrade when Win 95 / 98 suites there needs. Micro$oft realizes this. Now if Micro$oft stops developing stand alone IE for Win 95/98 there will come a time when IE 6 will no longer be compatible with more and more sites. You will start seeing web sites that will say "This site is best viewed by Win XP". This now gives all those Win 95 / 98 users a reason to upgrade. If Apple is in the right position at this time they well be able to get some of those people to buy a Mac. One of the biggest reasons these people will buy a Mac instead of a Windoze box is because of viruses, especially the ones who have been burned in the past by them. This is one of the reasons Micro$oft is now talking about securing there OSs.
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You're right man! It would be pointless to spend time and money trying to develop an OS dead people could use. :D
As others have already mentioned, lots of people are still using Win 95 / 98. I sell Pentum I 166MHz computers all the time. There is a big user base out there that uses there computers for web browsing and email and that's it. Why should these people upgrade when Win 95 / 98 suites there needs. Micro$oft realizes this. Now if Micro$oft stops developing stand alone IE for Win 95 /98 there will come a time when IE 6 will no longer be compatible with more and more sites. You will start seeing web sites that will say "This site is best viewed by Win XP". This now gives all those Win 95 / 98 users a reason to upgrade. If Apple is in the right position at this time they well be able to get some of those people to buy a Mac. One of the biggest reasons these people will buy a Mac instead of a Windoze box is because of viruses, especially the ones who have been burned in the past by them. This is one of the reasons Micro$oft is now talking about securing there OSs.