On 2006-07-11, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:08:30 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft Is Shooting Itself In The Foot, Again
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>>| I think that Microsoft has grown arrogant and greedy enough to ignore
>>| the fact that there are many PC users that still run Windows 98 and
>>| Windows ME. With security updates and patches ceasing to appear for the
>>| Windows 9x clone the left-behind users might be compelled to switch to
>>| Linux (in fact this very realization prompted Microsoft to extend the
>>| support for Windows 98 and ME from the original cut-off date of
>>| January 2004).
>> `----
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>> http://techsearch.cmp.com/blog/archives/2006/07/microsoft_is_sh.html?loc=software_and_web_development
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> So, when was the last time a patch was released for Red Hat 4? Suse 3?
> Mandrake 5?
>
> Windows 98 is 8 years old. No linux vendor is still supporting systems
> they sold that long ago.
Don't need 'em.
I can get, tweak, compile and install my own updates. If I know what
I'm doing, I can correct any existing bugs I find. I can look through
the source to see if I can find any. I can get updates directly from
authors of programs rather than having someone like Redhat do it for
me. If I'm really a package-Nazi, I can use the packaging system that
comes with my distro to create my own packages so I can install,
uninstall and upgrade them. Or I can read all about the package I
created.
This is sort of like creating my own fixes for Windo.....wait. let me
try that again.
This is no different than pouring over the source code that comes with
my Win....no, not that either.
This is not like *anything* you can relate to.
--
"Ironically, Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows
with legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment
in which Microsoft's programs interoperate efficiently only with Internet
viruses." -- Dan Geer.
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