RE: Why?!
Don't forget - most people who work in the field would not characterise Win
'98 as a new release of the OS - there aren't many features over and above
what you find with Win '95 OSR2 and IE4. As one pundit put it - we waited
three years and paid $100 for a big patch?
P.S. - I run a mixed platform network, and just finished downloading a Y2K
patch for Win98 from Microsoft. Wait a sec' - you mean MS is going to get
away with releasing, in 1998, an OS with Y2K problems? I don't freakin'
believe it.
-----Original Message-----
From: mhooper@counsel.ufl.edu [mailto:mhooper@counsel.ufl.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 21, 1998 10:51 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Why?!
Hi, everyone. My first post:
I completely agree, Jay. I got Win95 not a month after it came out. I
supported it from the beginning. Did M$ support me? No. I hate the
"Hey we made the OS you bought better. Want a free copy? NOT! Want to
buy a copy? NOT!" policy.
I've never bought a new computer in my life. I build my own, so I guess
that means I'll never get a copy of OSR2. Oh well, too bad. I use
Linux now anyway (although I do administer an NT network).
Mal
One of the biggest beefs I have with Microsoft is lack of upgrade
support.
For example, I bought the Win95 CD just after Win95 came out. Since
then, MS
has release three (that I know of) new versions of Win95 - OSR1, 2, and
2.5.
Can you buy them? No, they are only available with new computers. Can
you
download upgrades? No, although you can download some of the new
software
that comes with the new releases. If for no other reason than I get new
OS
upgrades whenever I feel like it - and they run cleanly... Linux is
the way
to go.
-Jay
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