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Microsoft to stop supporting Win 98 and ME | |
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| Time: 08:50 EST/13:50 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft has been slowly phasing out their Windows 98, Windows 98se and Windows ME support. In 2004, Microsoft limited security updates to only critical issues. Now they are taking the next step, completely dropping support for the Win9x operating systems. This new change will take effect on July 12th officially, making July 11th the last day you can get support from Microsoft for those operating systems. This means that there will be no more new security updates offered from the company's website after that date. Computers being used for non-Internet related purposes are not threatened by this but computers that regularly access the internet would be considerably more vulnerable to various security flaws that will no longer be fixed by Microsoft updates. | ||
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| #1 By 47914 (24.225.231.107) at 5/31/2006 10:00:37 AM |
| These users will now be "forced" by MS to upgrade. My bet though, is that they switch to desktop Linux, since they will find it cruel that MS only gave them 7 years of support. |
| #2 By 22601 (69.194.250.221) at 5/31/2006 2:24:04 PM |
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My mother, who is 77, uses Win 98 and would not want to upgrade because (a) XP is too different for her, and (b) drivers likely do not exist for some of the legacy peripherals she has. Also, she is probably more vunerable to malware because she is not terrifically PC-literate. Ending support for Win 9x, therefore, puts her very much at risk.
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| #3 By 7760 (12.155.143.50) at 5/31/2006 5:11:02 PM |
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cupsdell, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but I would argue that your mother's stubbornness puts her very much at risk. First, it can't be that hard or expensive to upgrade the couple of ancient peripherals that simply don't work under XP. Second, XP is almost indistinguishable from Win98 if you use the "Classic" theme. I sympathize, but, at some point, the responsibility needs to shift to the user.
I think that 7-9 years of support is more than adequate. You never get that kind of support for any other software. In the world of firmware and BIOS updates, you're lucky to get even 2 years of updates. If you're talking device drivers, you're lucky to get 4 years. Besides, it's not like Win9x systems are just going to stop working. All this means is that new updates won't be issued and you'll probably receive a "sorry" if you try to phone MS for free help. I agree with Microsoft's ending of support. That said, though, I think that it'd make a lot more sense for them to extend it 8 months until Vista is available. Ending it now leaves users with one of two options: a) buy a new computer now with XP when Vista is so close, or b) use an unpatched system for 8 months until the Vista computers are for sale. Neither is a good option. In fact, cupsdell's mother may be good example of a user in this dilemma, assuming that she'd be be willing to finally upgrade if it were to Vista, instead of just to XP (it doesn't sound like it, but still...). This post was edited by Osprey on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 17:14. |
| #4 By 13030 (198.22.121.110) at 6/1/2006 9:14:22 AM |
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#5 Ending it now leaves users with one of two options: a) buy a new computer now with XP when Vista is so close...
Ding! We have a winner! |
| #5 By 48398 (130.13.219.137) at 6/6/2006 9:24:06 AM |
| You all forget, Win98 was ruined by the people who wrote spyware trojans and the like. If it weren't for that, we'd all be using Vista right now. |
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