Windows 98 support extended.....

Millions of thrifty people across the planet are relieved to find out, Microsoft is continuing support for Windows 98 until June 30th, 2006.

Microsoft originally stated they would cease support for Windows 98 on January 16th 2004. Also Windows ME would die on December 31st 2004. Now both are going to go in one huge suicide pact, on June 30th, 2006.

Looking at this Reuters report, it seems that perhaps Bill got a little worried because if it costs a ton of cash to upgrade from Win98 to WinXP, then people would look elsewhere, such as Linux perhaps?

When you upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP you have to take into account if your current hardware can indeed cope with the demands that Windows XP might place upon it. So it's not just the rather large sum for the upgrade, (more for the full version) but the hardware costs involved too! Anyone that has not upgraded to Windows 98 would probably not be in a position to pay out for a couple of hundred dollars worth of operating system, as well as changing the entire computer to be able to use that recently painful purchase!

I am glad to hear this anyway, as it means a ton of Windows 98 machines are not going to be left hanging online with no patches available!

So now it's time to take notice again of that technophobic person who wants to give away their old computer, as it might actually be of some use..

You can find clarification of this new thinking from Microsoft, at their Product Lifecycle Dates, and take a look at note 8 at the bottom to end your journey.

Ok those folks who think they know the simple facts may leave us now, while we get on with the basics....
To get to windows update, you can open an Internet Explorer window and go to TOOLS, and then WINDOWS UPDATE. If you have never visited windows update then I want you to leave this page because you smell.

Linux is a free operating system, you would use instead of Windows. The appeal seems to be that you can make it do what you want, for free, rather than having to settle for expensive software that NEARLY does what you want. I'm still tinkering, but I would like to know more..


Win98

I'm going to LIVE!
(it wheezed)

WinME
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