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

[Jim Thompson]

And if you think there is no more Win98/WinME in the world, my neighbor 
just asked me to help him get his >new< computer (built for him by a 
friend) on-line while that "friend" "fixed" his other machine.

The "new" computer (which is actually for his daughter to use):  A P4 
with 128MB or RAM running ... WinME.

I told him to not connect it to the Internet, because it would be rooted 
in minutes.
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1511

Its ugly out there...

Jim

Julian Yap wrote:
> 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
>
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