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From: Toolpackinmama on 7 Jan 2010 02:16 I am one of those people that has tried many versions of LINUX, in addition to staying up-to-date with Microsoft's offerings. I service the general public, and the general public doesn't use Win 98 or Win ME anymore. They don't use any version or flavor of LINUX. At this point, the general public uses XP or Vista, and many of them are beginning to use Win 7. I have to be familiar with all flavors of Windows to serve them properly, and I am. But I haven't needed my Win 98 familiarity in a very, very long time.
From: 98 Guy on 7 Jan 2010 09:49 John Doe wrote: > Try doing a search for "vulnerability in Windows 98". And you'll find that most of the results are bogus. Microsoft was famous for including Windows-98 in security bulletins simply to mention in the fine print that the bulletin did not really apply to windows 98. > I enjoyed being reminded of Windows 98 crashing when Bill Gates > demonstrated it, many years ago. And you think that XP-gold ran smoothly during the first 6 months of it's life? Do you enjoy believing in double standards? > I enjoyed this quote too... "If you are so secure with Windows 98, > why are you constantly whining about Microsoft dropping support > for Windows 98?" Who says that? The truth is that windows 98 doesn't need security support because it simply doesn't have the same degree of botched coding and bloated, vulnerable running services that the NT-based OS's have. > And then there is your desperate effort to apply Windows > 2000 patches to Windows 98, this says much about your > inner confidence in Windows 98... Apparently you are not able to understand the difference between Windows and Internet Explorer. The win-2k patches that can be applied to win-98 pertain to IE (they both run the exact same version of IE6). And it's not even clear that the IE vulnerabilities that are patched can be exploited on win-98 anyways. > You wrote: No, I did not write the list that you got from here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=064969bf35d2b6cd6be070d3799d371f&showtopic=97816&view=findpost&p=893158 Again, you have a reading comprehension problem. That is a list of IE updates and patches. It is NOT a list of windows 98 vulnerabilities or exploits. Nice try.
From: 98 Guy on 7 Jan 2010 09:55 Toolpackinmama wrote: > How do you feel about Vista and Win 7? They are the natural result of Microsoft's unofficial motto: "If it works, it's not complicated enough." Microsoft's business model is based on bringing out a new OS every 3 or 4 years, and getting suckers like you to believe that it's better than the last one. With no real competition, all Microsoft needs to do is change the desktop motif and it fools you into thinking it's a new OS. And if Microsoft's new OS is version 6.1, why are they calling it "Windows 7" ? > How do you feel about Vista and Win 7? How do you feel about Vista and Win 7 - compared to XP ?
From: DevilsPGD on 7 Jan 2010 16:48 In message <4B45F5D0.2893AC81(a)Guy.com> 98 Guy <98(a)Guy.com> was claimed to have wrote: >And if Microsoft's new OS is version 6.1, why are they calling it >"Windows 7" ? Do you actually want to know, or are you just looking for another non-sequitur ad hominem attempt at an insult?
From: Toolpackinmama on 7 Jan 2010 20:07
98 Guy wrote: > How do you feel about Vista and Win 7 - compared to XP ? I enjoyed using XP Pro for a long time and was reluctant to give it up. I tried Vista and honestly hated it. I am now using Win 7 Pro 32 bit, and I can honestly say that I like it. It's stable, user-friendly, and pleasant to use. My newer games run better on Win 7 than they did on XP or Vista. |