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Old April 4th 06, 05:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Has MS ever done a survey to see how many Win 95, 98, 98SE and ME
users are still out there? Compared to, say XP? What is their
criteria for stopping support? Age? Upkeep? Usage? Customer
satisfaction? Profit? This inquiring mind would like to know?

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Old April 4th 06, 05:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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What is their criteria for stopping support?

The same as it has always been, the lifecycle of the product which is set
out in advance. Win Me like all Win 9x systems is well past its sell by
date and no longer suited for use with modern computers.
--
Mike Maltby



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Has MS ever done a survey to see how many Win 95, 98, 98SE and ME
users are still out there? Compared to, say XP? What is their
criteria for stopping support? Age? Upkeep? Usage? Customer
satisfaction? Profit? This inquiring mind would like to know?


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Old April 4th 06, 06:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Skeeter:
If you look for it, you can find the info you inquired about, referring to
the ratio of Win9x users vs. WinXP users, but it is quite high, with WinXP
outdoing the others by roughly ten to one, reflecting exactly what Mike is
talking about.

Harry.


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Has MS ever done a survey to see how many Win 95, 98, 98SE and ME
users are still out there? Compared to, say XP? What is their
criteria for stopping support? Age? Upkeep? Usage? Customer
satisfaction? Profit? This inquiring mind would like to know?

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Old April 6th 06, 03:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Thanks Mike and Harry for your responses.


On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:29:02 +0100, "Mike M"
wrote:

What is their criteria for stopping support?


The same as it has always been, the lifecycle of the product which is set
out in advance. Win Me like all Win 9x systems is well past its sell by
date and no longer suited for use with modern computers.


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Old April 7th 06, 12:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Skeeter:
You are welcome, I am sure.

Harry.


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Thanks Mike and Harry for your responses.


On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:29:02 +0100, "Mike M"
wrote:

What is their criteria for stopping support?


The same as it has always been, the lifecycle of the product which is set
out in advance. Win Me like all Win 9x systems is well past its sell by
date and no longer suited for use with modern computers.


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