Subj : Coffin Nails for Win-9x ?
To   : George Vandervort
From : MIKE ROSS
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 08:28 pm

"George Vandervort" bravely wrote to "Alan Zisman" (24 Sep 05  06:36:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "Coffin Nails for Win-9x ?"

 GV> Hello Alan!

 GV> From today's Issue of Kim Komando's New Letter

 GV> === Cut ===

 GV> Issue Date: Sept. 24, 2005 -- Vol. 9, No. 39 Kim Komando Show Home
 GV> Page: http://www.komando.com

 --> FEWER AND FEWER PROGRAMS FOR WINDOWS 98/ME

 GV> Darlene wrote from Springfield, OR, to ask about shareware. She noted
 GV> that many programs say they are for Windows 2000 and XP. Since she
 GV> uses Windows ME, she wanted to know if that meant she couldn't use
 GV> them.
 GV> Well, Darlene, that's exactly what it means. Windows 2000 and XP
 GV> differ fundamentally from 98 and ME. The latter two were based on
 GV> MSDOS, the early operating system that was abandoned in the mid-90s.
 GV> Windows 2000 and XP are descended from Windows NT (New Technology),
 GV> which appeared about the time MSDOS was retired. Their underpinnings
 GV> are very different.
 GV> Eventually, programmers will stop writing for 98 and ME altogether.
 GV> Why? Our site keeps a record of which operating systems our hundreds
 GV> of thousands of visitors use. Nearly four out of five have XP. Only 10
 GV> percent have 98. And ME? It doesn't even register.
 GV> So I think you have a dying operating system.

 GV> === Cut ===


 GV> Regards,
 GV> George Vandervort
 GV> InterNet EMail: georgev@austin.rr.com
 GV> Tech Support: http://home.austin.rr.com/llr/tech.html

 GV> 'Using yesterday's software to create tomorrow's problems today'


There are still a lot of old boxes out there and with which 2K and XP
can't work. That is why you have to run the old 98se amd Me with those
and get any kind of use out of them. It's like in some older New York
appartments, there are ancient steam boiler systems that date back to
the start of the 20'th century. It would be pointless to upgrade these
since they work perfectly well and with good to great efficiency.

 M*i*k*e

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