[jaws-uk] Re: End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP Service Pack 1

  • From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:12:15 +0100

I think the most important support that is going to be missed is the 
security updates.  So, if anyone is still using the older versions of 
Windows, up to date virus checkers, firewalls and anti-spy programmes are 
going to be a must.

Barry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TIDDYogg" <oggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and 
Windows XP Service Pack 1


> George, I take your point, and ask, what support does anyone get
> anyway?  But XP SP1 must only be about 3 years old.  I remember there
> was such an outcry when they tried this trick with Win 95 that it was
> delayed a long time.  Let's hope this happens again.  Win 95/98 are far
> easier to play with than XP.
>
>
> George Bell wrote:
>> Hi Wendy,
>>
>> I'm sorry to say this, but progress is progress, whether we
>> like it or not.
>>
>> We've had to TV changes from 405 to 625 lines where those of
>> us with TVs had to scrap our sets.
>>
>> We will have to do that again very soon when they go fully
>> to digital TV.
>>
>> We cannot buy leaded petrol any more, so those of us driving
>> olders cars have had to adapt them to lead free petrol.
>>
>> And I can't even smoke on a train or plane any more.
>>
>> So why should software and operating system be exempt from
>> progress?
>>
>> How many DOS users are left?
>>
>> How many Windows 3.1 users are left?
>>
>> Then we have 95, 98, and Millennium users.
>>
>> Windows NT of various flavours.
>>
>> I speak from the software developers' point of view.  Some
>> things you all want, just cannot be done on older hardware.
>> I'm afraid the majority consumer drives the market these
>> days.  And sadly, all too many are left behind.
>>
>> George.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wendy
>> Sharpe
>> Sent: 30 August 2006 22:57
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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
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