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Win98 Launched With A Whimper Not A Bang
News The first copies went on sale in Australia where, because of the time difference, Sydney was the first city to start selling Win98. Daniel Chan snapped up the first copy, which was signed by Billl Gates.
[June 25, 1998, 9:11]
US Report: PC Makers Issue Win98 Warnings
News Dell and Toshiba have posted information on their respective Web sites advising customers with certain models against upgrading to Windows 98 in the near term. The warnings come a week after Microsoft launched Windows 98 to a mixed reception.
[July 2, 1998, 10:12]
US Report: Racing To Beat The Win98 Clock
News "We're totally on track for our internal May 15 RTM (release-to-manufacturing) date," said Rob Bennett, Microsoft group product manager. We're hearing great things in terms of beta feedback. Bennett would not rule out the chance that Microsoft...
[May 8, 1998, 13:22]
News Burst: IDC Says Initial Win98 Shipments Won't Come Close To Win95
News Shipments of Microsoft's Windows 98 operating system during the second half of this year won't come anywhere close to the volume of shipments for its predecessor, Windows 95, during its first months of availability, International Data Corp...
[May 13, 1998, 15:34]
US Report: Temporary MS Victory Favours Win98 Shipment
News That preliminary injunction - issued by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson - required Microsoft to unbundle its Internet Explorer browser from the Windows operating system. Last week, Microsoft filed a motion asking the appeals court...
[May 13, 1998, 8:15]
Win98 Goes On Sale - Sort Of
News Earlier this week, Microsoft began informing distributors of pricing for Windows 98, which is expected to be available for retail shipment on June 25. Sources say the software maker has pegged the shrink-wrapped retail price at $209 (£129), the...
[March 23, 1998, 11:15]
News Burst: Microsoft Will Delay Win98
News The move comes as the parties held eleventh-hour negotiations this morning concerning a major Sherman Antitrust case that was about to be launched against the company. A source close to the case said however, that a suit could still be filed unless...
[May 14, 1998, 15:24]
News Burst: States, DoJ Weigh Injunction Against Win98
News Attorney General Janet Reno, Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein and New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco will take the stage at 12pm eastern time today to formally announce sweeping antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft by the U.S.
[May 18, 1998, 14:19]
Microsoft: 'We Should Learn From Open Source'
Talkback I use open source software because it's much better. I switched back in the days of Win98 when Win98 could run for more than a couple of hours without crashing. Linux' GUI wasn't as good, but I got more work done because I wasn't reboot.
[November 13, 2003, 3:44]
End Of The Road For Win 98 Support
Talkback The issue isn't microsoft, but whether anti-virus, anti-spy-ware, firewall makers, Opera and Firefox, and hardware makers, continue to support Win98. The precent of computers running Win98 may be low, but it is still higher than the percent running...
[July 14, 2006, 12:56]
New Microsoft Wi-Fi Gear Runs On Latest Standard
Talkback Bought an MN-700/MN-720 kit in the USA and took it home to the UK. The MN-720 software will not load on a Sony Vaio 707 or a Dell Inspiron, both running WIN98. Did get it going on a Sony FR415S running XP.
[February 23, 2004, 15:21]
No End Of Choice: Media Center's Hidden Bonus
Talkback Media Centre PCs? Naw, I am not falling for it: They still use that flaky Windows XP that has more patches than the quilt on my bed. It also promises much, but you can't even edit inside MY VIDEO. I have a PC running Win98 because that's the only...
[November 24, 2003, 18:36]
Reluctance To Upgrade Starts To Hurt Microsoft
Talkback I use Win98se and purchased WinXP some 18 months ago but have been reluctant to install it due to negative feedback, "XP is like big brother. I had to buy new hardware when I upgraded', was the general comments from friends.
[February 2, 2004, 14:44]
End Of The Road For Win 98 Support
Talkback This is not that significant. Don't let this panic you into going to Win XP unless you really want to and you know the implications (does XP have drivers for your old hardware? Is your machine fast enough and has it got enough RAM?
[July 12, 2006, 10:20]
Obsolete Versions Not Working On A Brand New Motherboard? Surprise?
Talkback > I recently bought an Intel MOBO and wanted to put win 98 and xp-sp1 on it but, neither would install. All I got was BSOD. Could this be because neither of these versions of Windows is compatible with the motherboard?
[March 23, 2007, 12:11]
How To Talk To Microsoft About Linux
Talkback Actually, its the arrogant attitude of superiority given off by the Henry G.s of the world that turns me off to Linux. That and the entire Viral GPL / near-religious politcal zealotry of its adherents and their crusade against business in general.
[June 15, 2004, 10:23]
Jesse Berst: The Hidden Failure Of Windows 2000
News That old adage refers to military campaigns.but it could have been written about operating systems. Take Windows 2000, for example. Due this autumn, Windows 2000 is the update to Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft's "serious" operating system for business...
[June 22, 1999, 8:49]
Mail Room
News Want to add some news of your own? Want to ask a question? Send your comments to The Mailroom Please remember to tell us if you don't want your letters to be published in the mailroom which appears every Monday evening.
[January 18, 1999, 10:35]
Windows 98: Customers Complain Early And Often
News Difficulties are going beyond the inability of the upgrade version of Windows 98 to recognise a number of common PC modem and PC LAN cards, as first reported last week. Users are reporting troubles that run the gamut, from Microsoft and third-party...
[July 2, 1998, 7:40]
US Report: OEMs Say Microsoft Concessions Don't Amount To Much
News Microsoft officials said yesterday the company will hold off from releasing Windows 98 code to its hardware partners until Monday while it continues to negotiate with the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and state attorneys general.
[May 15, 1998, 8:09]
