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Windows 98 + ME *still* alive !

Hello!

http://www.mdgx.com/spx/98alive.htm
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Most small companies, charities, schools and numerous individuals cannot afford to upgrade to Windows 2000, XP or any other OS, even Linux, because they don't have the necessary resources and/or knowledge.
True, Linux distros are free, but someone needs to install, service, repair and maintain [in many cases] a large number of [eventually networked] computers, no matter what OS they may run, and those IT techs must get paid.
And most WinOS users today still do not trust using Linux on their desktops anyway. I know this will change in the near future, but we're not there yet.
Do you really think people are willing to go through such pain just to upgrade their good-working 98/ME computers? Ask them yourself.
Besides, those good ol' 9x based OSes are fairly easy and cheap to maintain and troubleshoot, even if Microsoft won't help anymore.

The point is that...
Enthusiast power users, programmers and IT specialists provide *free* support in their spare time at various web sites, forums, blogs etc.
MSFN.org [requires free subscription] is the best known support forum for Windows 98, 98 SE + ME, and all updates, service packs, fixes, patches, enhancement packs etc... are free:
? Unofficial 98 SE Service Pack forum.
? 95/98/98 SE/ME forum.
Your questions + comments are usually answered in a timely fashion by knowledgeable forum members.

This way Windows 98/98 SE/ME OSes can be safely used even on modern, fast computers for every conceivable purpose, including playing hardware demanding games [if you have the necessary hardware that is ;)], desktop publishing, 3D graphics rendering, high-end A/V editing, CD/DVD burning, programming, internet browsing etc.
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Regards, Roman

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