[LUAU] MS to EOL Win98 and WinMe - July 11

[Julian Yap]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063001587.html

"More than 70 million Windows users will no longer be eligible
for software security updates under a Microsoft Corp. policy to
take effect July 11... Microsoft will end support for Windows
98, Windows 98 Special Edition (SE) and Windows Millennium
Edition (ME)"

That represents 70 million users who didn't upgrade to Windows
XP and probably don't care about Vista.  Ideal candidates for
becoming Linux users.  Avoid strength / attack weakness.  Grab
the users that Windows can't be bothered with and can't make
money out of.

It's also another reason why some Mac users with PowerPC
hardware are moving to Linux.  One day Apple won't support/sell
Mac OS on PowerPC...  Apple would hope sooner rather than later.
 Optionally, you can choose not to render your G5 obsolete
hardware.  Again, sooner rather than later.

Also from the article:
"Microsoft had planned to stop supporting the older versions in
January 2004."

Yeah, that's only because "Longhorn" was expected to ship in
late 2003.

~ Julian