Wendy, Good points. There is also the problem of things becoming far too complex which makes it difficult for the average person. Norman. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:57 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP Service Pack 1 > George > > Thanks for that, and I have looked at the page. I don't know about anyone > else, but I think it is unacceptable to stop supporting older versions of > Windows. From the page I have just read, it looks as if all they are > thinking about is people at work. I am sure there must be lots of people > all over the world who are still successfully using the older versions > and, > perhaps for financial reasons, have not chosen to upgrade. New software > can > cost quite a lot of money, and many people don't have the cash to spare. > If > Microsoft think that everyone in the world is going to upgrade to their > new > all singing all dancing product, they have got another think coming. > Maybe > I should not talk like this about a company, but even those of us who can > afford to change get a bit fed up with constantly having to do so. If you > have XP service pack 1 it is free to upgrade to service pack 2, but that > is > about the only thing that is free. What do others think? I don't suppose > there is much that we can do about it, but we can at least have a moan. > > Wendy > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq