On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:25:12 -0500, 98 Guy wrote:

Microsoft's motto - "If it works, it's not complicated enough".

That motto is what drives Micro$haft to instill ever higher levels of
bloat and complexity with each new version of Windoze.

With bloat and complexity comes vulnerability.

Windoze NT (and it's offspring) - code made from the finest, most
expensive threads, intended to tantilize the masses like the emperor's
new clothes.

With Windoze-NT, vulnerability is built-in.

Which is exactly why I use Windows98se. 98 was the last decent OS made
by MS. As soon as NT entered the picture, their OSs were garbage/ I
hated XP the first time I tried it, and hate it just as much today.

I have XP on a laptop, but that is only for occasional use at WIFI spots
and is the only thing I use that computer for. I stripped much of the
bloat crap out of it.

My home computer is a REAL computer. It runs Win98se. It also dual
boots to Win2000, which is seldom used, but is there for a few programs
that wont run in 98. Win2000 was still tolerable, but it was a turn in
the wrong direction for MS.

MS seems to think that we need to constantly upgrade and buy new
computers. It's no wonder sales are down. We have a minority of people
who need to constantly upgrade and must have the latest systems. Most
of them are young and use their computers as game machines. The rest of
us, actually use our computers to be productive. There is no way in
hell that I want to keep upgrading, having to relearn a new OS and
change my software programs. My computer is a tool used to be
productive, and I have learned to use it with ease. Having to keep
changing things makes it worthless to me. If I cant turn on the
computer and create something or access my personal stuff, then there is
no point having one.

And all that ****ing bloat added just makes me less interested. I like
simplicity. Not only that, but Windows is an Operating System. That
means it operates the actual hardware. It SHOULD be pretty invisible,
and the programs that all of us install should be the focus. But MS
continues to add "in your face" **** to their OSs. XP did it, Vista did
it more. I have not even tried Win7 or 8. I have no interest in them
at all. Just using XP annoys me.

If MS had any smarts, they would have continues to support Win98, maybe
added a few features, such as better USB support, larger drive support,
and the ability to use more RAM. They dont seem to realize that some of
us simply dont want all their few fangled bloat, and all that added
power. Those os us who like simplicity are ignored. But what they dont
realize is that we too will buy stuff from them if they offer what we
want.

Personally, I can do everything with Win98 that I can do with XP and up.
All my (mostly older) software works just fine and is used to be
productive. Where Win98 is failing today, is with the internet, and
only with the internet. The new websites (with all their bloat), wont
run well on older browsers, and newer browsers wont run on Win98. But I
think that's all planned, to force us to upgrade to all this newer crap.

I'm not giving up on Win98. If anything, I may have to have two
computers soon. One for internet use, and my trusty Win98 system for
everything else. But that seems like a pain in the ass, because I'll
have to keep moving stuff from the internet computer to the Win98 one,
when I download things. But if this is what must be done, the newer
computer used for the internet, will NOT run any MS operating system.
It's either going to be a Macintosh, or a PC running linux, which will
just run a web browser and little more. I'm already finding I have ot
use the XP laptop sometimes for stubborn internet sites.

But, once again, MS will lose the money I may have paid if they
continued to support and make slight improvements to Win98. I dont want
their new ****. Even after all the years XP has been out, I still hate
it. That's the problem with computers. We have no choices. With cars
there are lots of makes and models. Some have all the bells nad
whistles, others are basic cars. This is true for almost all other
products. But with computers, you only have 2 choices. The PC with the
latest ****up OS from MS, or the Mac.