M$:End of support for Win98 and variants

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W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19844 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 363355 - Posted: 11 Jul 2006, 7:31:29 UTC Just so you know M$'s position on End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP Service Pack 1 Andy ID: 363355 ·

Pepperammi Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 200 Credit: 737,775 RAC: 0	Message 363525 - Posted: 11 Jul 2006, 12:28:44 UTC - in response to Message 363355. Just so you know M$'s position on End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP Service Pack 1 Andy Strange theres nothing about win2000? ID: 363525 ·

cooldudeof02 / Shane Gill Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 02 Posts: 15 Credit: 172,394 RAC: 0	Message 363558 - Posted: 11 Jul 2006, 12:56:00 UTC Windows 2k is run on the NTFS(NT File System) as opposed to the FAT32/FAT16 file system which 98 & ME run on. Also, Windows 2k is supposedly a mainstay in corporate computing and servers. 98's, and by extension ME's, kernal is ancient and creaky. You know there is a problem when they are still releasing critical security patches 8-10 years after the initial release. The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right? ID: 363558 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 364189 - Posted: 12 Jul 2006, 4:02:09 UTC - in response to Message 363558. Windows 2k is run on the NTFS(NT File System) as opposed to the FAT32/FAT16 file system which 98 & ME run on. Also, Windows 2k is supposedly a mainstay in corporate computing and servers. 98's, and by extension ME's, kernal is ancient and creaky. You know there is a problem when they are still releasing critical security patches 8-10 years after the initial release. Rather say that ME is of ancient lineage - there are some parts that have not been changed since windows version 1.0. BOINC WIKI ID: 364189 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21918 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 364484 - Posted: 12 Jul 2006, 11:17:41 UTC - in response to Message 364189. Last modified: 12 Jul 2006, 11:19:21 UTC ... Rather say that ME is of ancient lineage - there are some parts that have not been changed since windows version 1.0. There's some parts that are very old indeed, very likely still in there, and not even written by Microsoft! See: Microsoft, TCP/IP, Open Source, and Licensing Reverse engineering the Windows TCP stack In brief, there's very likely still some BSD unix code inside the networking software for all Windows right up to the present day. There's an article somewhere out on the web where one of the original BSD programmers had to abandon his email address because of the phenomenal amount of spam and MS-virus mail that was using his address that was lifted from the credits in the code on all the Microsoft systems... All good fun... Regards, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 364484 ·

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