Re: Win'98SE, XP & IE 6

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From: Gary S. Terhune (grystnews_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:15:26 -0800

Couldn't have said it better myself, Richard. I try to be patient, but every mention of the issue brings to my ears the "tick, tick, tick," of the clock running down on 9x. (Or is that just my tinnitus?) 

-- 
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
  
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message news:eDZhLW39EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> And the other problem is that any vulnerabilities in the Win9x OS itself - 
> not necessarily related to the Internet Explorer browser - will remain 
> unpatched and exploitable unless they are considered "critical".
> 
> I'm sorry, maybe I'm losing my roots as a "Windows 9x MVP" here - but I do 
> tend to get tired of the grumbling I keep hearing about the drop-dead 
> support date for Windows 98.
> 
> It had gotten two extensions on its end-of-life deadline prior to the last 
> "drop-dead" deadline in 2006.
> 
> It got favored placement on the Windows Security Updates CD - consider the 
> fact that Windows 2000 only got Service Pack 4 and the Blaster/Sasser 
> patches placed on that CD but Windows 98/Me got ALL AVAILABLE PATCHES AS OF 
> ITS GOLD DATE placed on the CD.
> 
> What operating system was Apple selling in 1998?  Oh yeah, MAC OS 8.  What 
> support does Apple offer for it?  Call an 800 number and you can pay the 
> third-party support company they sold out to.  Apple themselves offers 
> archived downloads and archived discussion threads - nothing else. 
> Certainly nothing like the communities that Microsoft continues to host at 
> their own cost.  No live updates of any kind.  No live support without a 
> monetary "contribution".
> 
> -- 
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