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Story: Windows 98 lifeline 'prompted by Linux threat'
Posted by: Beagle-2 (Wednesday 14 January 2004, 2:23 PM)
Migrating to a newer Windows isn't free of migration and re-training costs as the article seems to assert.
The difference between the user interface of w98 and KDE or GNOME isn't obviously greater than the difference between w98 and wXP, so why would the re-training costs for users be much different?
AFAIU, the biggest problem is MS Office macros which aren't supported very well (at all?) by Openoffice.org. Other proprietary Windows apps can be run using Wine, or VMWare.
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Story: Windows 98 lifeline 'prompted by Linux threat'
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The "Linux threat" article hits the nail on the he... Kurt Stokke
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They need to get rid of win98 altogether. Its not... Shaun
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The desktop Linux experience has been steadily imp... Allen Unrau
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I use 98se on my desktop and it isn't broke so why... John Tyson
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