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Story: Windows 98 lifeline 'prompted by Linux threat'
Posted by: Bob (Tuesday 13 January 2004, 5:26 PM)
Once a company ports its apps over, what would the OS upgrade cost be over the next 100+ years? If it is Debian, the cost would be Labor+ "0" license cost. Same for a office suite if they go for OpenOffice. These two products cost nothing for licensing, and will in all likelyhood be developed for the forseeable future. TCO over the time an employee is with the company is therefore much less then MS.
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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 -
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
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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
