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Windows plan underscores Microsoft struggle | |
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| Time: 12:51 EST/17:51 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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A move by Microsoft to extend support for an older version of Windows underscores a new reality for the software giant: Convincing customers to upgrade is becoming much more difficult. Earlier this month, Microsoft backtracked from a decision to end support for Windows 98 and other older Windows versions, pledging to continue support until 2006. | ||
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| #1 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at 2/2/2004 7:30:50 PM |
| #1 I can completely understand companies staying on NT4 (as I know several that are happy with their NT4 servers and just don't want to touch them), but I would have thought people would be VERY eager to get off Windows 98! Unless they enjoy painful computing.... |
| #2 By 3653 (209.149.57.116) at 2/3/2004 1:16:22 AM |
| if they are still using Win98, then they have proven a special proficiency at keeping an old OS working. If they can last this long, why not wait another year. They obviously dont value new features/stability as heavily as the rest of us. |
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