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Story: Windows 98 lifeline 'prompted by Linux threat'
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 11 February 2004, 9:36 AM)
Ah, what about the cost of migrating to Longhorn, considering that it is likely to break all previous Windows (9x/ME, NT/2K/XP/2K3) software and require a lot more retraining than even the shift from Win95 to Win NT 4.0 required.
Businesses have to consider these matters as well as the cost of retraining for shifting from Microsoft to Linux.
It's also the fact that not only will Microsoft do an HIV on your previous software, it will also do an ebola on previous Microsoft file formats - if they want to "differentiate" themselves from themselves. And people do get sick of that uncertainty - no wonder OpenOffice.org is starting to take off.
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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
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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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Quote;
>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 -
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
