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  #11  
Old August 26th 07, 07:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
ssome
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 85
Default RAM upgrade

2 GB RAM

"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag (Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think that

Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick out.

Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure the

two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be set,

but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding (2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots with

the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been

mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These

mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to

utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or, should

I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the 512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.







  #12  
Old August 26th 07, 06:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Ron Badour
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 957
Default RAM upgrade

MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag (Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick out.

Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure the

two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be set,

but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding (2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots with

the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been

mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These

mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or, should I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the 512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.







  #13  
Old August 26th 07, 06:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Ron Badour
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 957
Default RAM upgrade

MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag (Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick out.

Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure the

two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be set,

but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding (2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots with

the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been

mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These

mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or, should I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the 512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.







  #14  
Old August 26th 07, 11:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
ssome
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 85
Default RAM upgrade

Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all gamers

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc

and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag

(Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think

that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick

out.
Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure the

two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be

set,
but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My

system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding

(2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots

with
the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been

mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These

mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to

utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or, should

I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the 512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.








  #15  
Old August 26th 07, 11:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
ssome
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 85
Default RAM upgrade

Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all gamers

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc

and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag

(Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think

that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick

out.
Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure the

two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be

set,
but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My

system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding

(2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots

with
the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been

mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These

mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to

utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or, should

I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the 512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.








  #16  
Old August 27th 07, 04:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2,158
Default RAM upgrade

You are mistaken. Of internet users, less than 1% use Windows 98. MUCH less
than any other OS that's been out since 98 came out (MSDOS and earlier
versions of Windows aren't even mentioned.) Yes, I know that's only internet
users, but there's a fair extrapolation, since most business systems these
days are Win2k or WinXP, and those comprise the vast majority of
non-internet machines (speaking only of Windows systems.)
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

You're beating a dead horse, but if that's what turns your crank, fine. Just
don't expect the world to care much about it. If you want to use 98, there's
nothing stopping you, just like there's nothing stopping you from using DOS
6.22, Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 or any other OS. But you'll get laughed out
of court if you demand that the world, particularly applications developers,
cater to your anachronistic whims.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all gamers

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc

and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag

(Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think

that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it
be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick

out.
Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure
the
two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be

set,
but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My

system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding

(2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots

with
the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been
mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These
mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to

utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or,
should

I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the
512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.










  #17  
Old August 27th 07, 04:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2,158
Default RAM upgrade

You are mistaken. Of internet users, less than 1% use Windows 98. MUCH less
than any other OS that's been out since 98 came out (MSDOS and earlier
versions of Windows aren't even mentioned.) Yes, I know that's only internet
users, but there's a fair extrapolation, since most business systems these
days are Win2k or WinXP, and those comprise the vast majority of
non-internet machines (speaking only of Windows systems.)
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

You're beating a dead horse, but if that's what turns your crank, fine. Just
don't expect the world to care much about it. If you want to use 98, there's
nothing stopping you, just like there's nothing stopping you from using DOS
6.22, Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 or any other OS. But you'll get laughed out
of court if you demand that the world, particularly applications developers,
cater to your anachronistic whims.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all gamers

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
. ..
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc

and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag

(Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think

that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it
be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick

out.
Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure
the
two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be

set,
but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
...
After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My

system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding

(2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots

with
the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been
mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These
mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to

utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or,
should

I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the
512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.










  #18  
Old August 28th 07, 07:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
98 Guy
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2,951
Default RAM upgrade

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

You are mistaken. Of internet users, less than 1% use Windows 98.


I've seen stats indicating 2% as of July 2007.

MUCH less than any other OS that's been out since 98 came out


I believe that there were versions of Linux back in 1998, and
naturally there was unix, win 3.x and win-98. Win-98 use is currently
used more than any of those, not "MUCH less".

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp


Which tracks only hits to that web domain.

This tracks hits to all domains using this reporting and stats
service:

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/

I've just plotted all the 15 OS's they track (plotted going back to
June 2006). I see a few interesting things:

- MAC use jumped from 3% to 4% in Nov/2006 (but in general there
is no general trend to the change)

- Win-98 use was 5% in June 2006 and is 2% in July 2007
(basically, it's currently dropping at the rate of 1%
every 7 months, so it should hit 1% in March 2008)

- Linux is basically static, somewhere between .25 and .5%

- Win-NT was less than Linux up until February 2007, when it
started to climb 1% per month. I wonder if this is an error
and this is really Vista being mis-identified as NT.

- XP peaked at 84% in January 2007, and has been declining at
0.5% per month since then. Win-2K has shown a very even decline
from 8.5% to 5.5% (about 0.2% decline per month)

- Windows ME has stabilized at 0.003% for the past 6-8 months.

- Win 3.x and Win-95 are very similar (0.1 to 0.15%) but win-95
has fallen to 0.0025% for the last 4 months .

"ssome" wrote:

Yea, we know, but... maybe a world wide petition. looks like
30% of users still use win 98 FAT32 is plenty and many of my
friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase for my books.
we are not all gamers


But you'll get laughed out of court if you demand that the world,
particularly applications developers, cater to your anachronistic
whims.


"Ron Badour" wrote:

MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that
I'm afraid.


Ssome, you've got to realize that people like Gary and Ron earn their
living based on continuous change in operating systems driven by the
Micro$haft business model. Without OS turnover, we would end up with
a stabilization of systems and software, and the need for IT people to
tinker and troubleshoot and fix things would slowly go away. So the
MVP's here have a vested interest in seeing people and businesses
migrate to each new MS OS.
  #19  
Old August 28th 07, 07:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
98 Guy
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2,951
Default RAM upgrade

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

You are mistaken. Of internet users, less than 1% use Windows 98.


I've seen stats indicating 2% as of July 2007.

MUCH less than any other OS that's been out since 98 came out


I believe that there were versions of Linux back in 1998, and
naturally there was unix, win 3.x and win-98. Win-98 use is currently
used more than any of those, not "MUCH less".

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp


Which tracks only hits to that web domain.

This tracks hits to all domains using this reporting and stats
service:

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/

I've just plotted all the 15 OS's they track (plotted going back to
June 2006). I see a few interesting things:

- MAC use jumped from 3% to 4% in Nov/2006 (but in general there
is no general trend to the change)

- Win-98 use was 5% in June 2006 and is 2% in July 2007
(basically, it's currently dropping at the rate of 1%
every 7 months, so it should hit 1% in March 2008)

- Linux is basically static, somewhere between .25 and .5%

- Win-NT was less than Linux up until February 2007, when it
started to climb 1% per month. I wonder if this is an error
and this is really Vista being mis-identified as NT.

- XP peaked at 84% in January 2007, and has been declining at
0.5% per month since then. Win-2K has shown a very even decline
from 8.5% to 5.5% (about 0.2% decline per month)

- Windows ME has stabilized at 0.003% for the past 6-8 months.

- Win 3.x and Win-95 are very similar (0.1 to 0.15%) but win-95
has fallen to 0.0025% for the last 4 months .

"ssome" wrote:

Yea, we know, but... maybe a world wide petition. looks like
30% of users still use win 98 FAT32 is plenty and many of my
friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase for my books.
we are not all gamers


But you'll get laughed out of court if you demand that the world,
particularly applications developers, cater to your anachronistic
whims.


"Ron Badour" wrote:

MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that
I'm afraid.


Ssome, you've got to realize that people like Gary and Ron earn their
living based on continuous change in operating systems driven by the
Micro$haft business model. Without OS turnover, we would end up with
a stabilization of systems and software, and the need for IT people to
tinker and troubleshoot and fix things would slowly go away. So the
MVP's here have a vested interest in seeing people and businesses
migrate to each new MS OS.
  #20  
Old August 28th 07, 03:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
John John
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 359
Default RAM upgrade

I don't know what the numbers there track but they plain and simply make
no sense at all! There is no way that anyone is going to make me
beleive that there are more Win 3.x surfing the net than Win95, Win ME
and Vista combined! These numbers are bogus, I dare say that there are
more Vista machines on the net than Win 3.x machines and I also dare say
that there are most likely more Win ME machines than Win 3.x.

1. Windows XP 53496272 (81%)
2. Win 2000 3570762 (5%)
3. Win NT 3085183 (4%)
4. Mac 2621571 (3%)
5. Win 98 1426388 (2%)
6. Unknown 1047210 (1%)
7. Linux 399138 (0%)
8. Win 3.x 81427 (0%)
9. Unix 24958 (0%)
10. Win 95 17490 (0%)
11. WebTV 13251 (0%)
12. OS/2 2755 (0%)
13. Windows ME 1810 (0%)
14. Windows Vista 43 (0%)
15. Amiga 42 (0%)

John

98 Guy wrote:
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:


You are mistaken. Of internet users, less than 1% use Windows 98.



I've seen stats indicating 2% as of July 2007.


MUCH less than any other OS that's been out since 98 came out



I believe that there were versions of Linux back in 1998, and
naturally there was unix, win 3.x and win-98. Win-98 use is currently
used more than any of those, not "MUCH less".


http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp



Which tracks only hits to that web domain.

This tracks hits to all domains using this reporting and stats
service:

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/

I've just plotted all the 15 OS's they track (plotted going back to
June 2006). I see a few interesting things:

- MAC use jumped from 3% to 4% in Nov/2006 (but in general there
is no general trend to the change)

- Win-98 use was 5% in June 2006 and is 2% in July 2007
(basically, it's currently dropping at the rate of 1%
every 7 months, so it should hit 1% in March 2008)

- Linux is basically static, somewhere between .25 and .5%

- Win-NT was less than Linux up until February 2007, when it
started to climb 1% per month. I wonder if this is an error
and this is really Vista being mis-identified as NT.

- XP peaked at 84% in January 2007, and has been declining at
0.5% per month since then. Win-2K has shown a very even decline
from 8.5% to 5.5% (about 0.2% decline per month)

- Windows ME has stabilized at 0.003% for the past 6-8 months.

- Win 3.x and Win-95 are very similar (0.1 to 0.15%) but win-95
has fallen to 0.0025% for the last 4 months .


"ssome" wrote:


Yea, we know, but... maybe a world wide petition. looks like
30% of users still use win 98 FAT32 is plenty and many of my
friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase for my books.
we are not all gamers



But you'll get laughed out of court if you demand that the world,
particularly applications developers, cater to your anachronistic
whims.



"Ron Badour" wrote:


MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that
I'm afraid.



Ssome, you've got to realize that people like Gary and Ron earn their
living based on continuous change in operating systems driven by the
Micro$haft business model. Without OS turnover, we would end up with
a stabilization of systems and software, and the need for IT people to
tinker and troubleshoot and fix things would slowly go away. So the
MVP's here have a vested interest in seeing people and businesses
migrate to each new MS OS.


 




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