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Story: Windows 98 lifeline 'prompted by Linux threat'
Posted by: Allen Unrau (Wednesday 14 January 2004, 4:07 PM)
The desktop Linux experience has been steadily improving over the last few years, and you can expect the improvments to continue. This is a delaying action on Microsoft's part. This means that by the time MS does drop support for Windows 98, Linux-on-the-desktop will be an better option than it is today. MS is only putting off what seems to be inevitable.
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Story: Windows 98 lifeline 'prompted by Linux threat'
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Once a company ports its apps over, what would the... Bob -
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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Shaun says "They need to get rid of win98 altogeth... Anonymous
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I find it amusing when the analysts comment on the... Chris J. Paxton
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Migrating to a newer Windows isn't free of migrati... Beagle-2
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I'm no IT expert, just a user, who wants things to... Anonymous
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The desktop Linux experience has been steadily imp... Allen Unrau -
To the person who complains about Mandrake:
have y... Gabe
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This writer has no clue! When does any one user h... GenKabuki
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I'm so happy that M$ is feeling the pressure a lit... thrbirdman
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>To the person who complains about Mandrake... Mads
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Having 100's of applications:
Everyone who has kid... DanConine
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To the offensive trollcatcher:
True, Mandrake is a... Rocco Barocco
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I use 98se on my desktop and it isn't broke so why... John Tyson
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Dear Rocco Barocco,
The simple reason some hardwar... Timothy Isher
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Great news. I still use Windows 98 SE because I've... Anonymous
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Ah, what about the cost of migrating to Longhorn,... Anonymous
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I use Win98SE for games and it works great. I have... Steven R Goellner
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i use windows 98 for games AND work based activite... Harry plams
