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Re: [Full-disclosure] 70 million computers are using Windows 98 right now

On 7/11/06, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote:


On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:28:08 -0300, Cardoso said:
> but I agree. Let them die. 98 is a very unsafe plataform, hope the
> spyware guys act fast and kill all the remaining machines, under a ton
> of popups.

And where does that leave the users?  Have you considered that maybe some
of them are still using Win98 because they don't have a realistic upgrade
path?  WinXP may not install on their box, or run adequately - and just
telling them to upgrade isn't always an option.  There's large parts of
the
world where a discarded box running Win98 is affordable, but a new box
and a legal copy of XP is just out of the question.

Phrased differently - how would *you* feel if *your* platform was the
target
of the sort of attack you're advocating against Win98?




I would use ReactOS in that case ;) --------------->  www.reactos.com
The alpha 0.3.0 rc1 is already there waiting for the download yep an alpha
but then that is what win98 always was, a badly designed alpha putted on the
market with rush to produce money at the expense of a lot of data
destruction. Fortunately later m$ paid that with some degreee of credibility
loss. Anyway if an alpha is not enought for you the MAKE IT BETA ;) you have
the sourcecode ready to play with.

Regards
Waldo

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