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Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98 right now
From: wac <waldoalvarez00 () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:43:06 -0400
On 7/11/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:28:08 -0300, Cardoso said: > but I agree. Let them die. 98 is a very unsafe plataform, hope the > spyware guys act fast and kill all the remaining machines, under a ton > of popups. And where does that leave the users? Have you considered that maybe some of them are still using Win98 because they don't have a realistic upgrade path? WinXP may not install on their box, or run adequately - and just telling them to upgrade isn't always an option. There's large parts of the world where a discarded box running Win98 is affordable, but a new box and a legal copy of XP is just out of the question. Phrased differently - how would *you* feel if *your* platform was the target of the sort of attack you're advocating against Win98?
I would use ReactOS in that case ;) ---------------> www.reactos.com The alpha 0.3.0 rc1 is already there waiting for the download yep an alpha but then that is what win98 always was, a badly designed alpha putted on the market with rush to produce money at the expense of a lot of data destruction. Fortunately later m$ paid that with some degreee of credibility loss. Anyway if an alpha is not enought for you the MAKE IT BETA ;) you have the sourcecode ready to play with. Regards Waldo _______________________________________________
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