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Study in Dec '03 reported only 6.6% market uptake for WinXP. M$ is scared!
Lots of people holding back. What, 25% of Win
installed base?

80% of those businesses polled had 40% of
their desktops using W95 and W98, obviously
on machines that would quite comfortably
handle Linux in most cases.

They are tired of "Das Upgrade Machinen," ya!
They had no choice on pre-loads for most of
the last decade.

But they do now. Transition for W98 users to
Linux (as of 2004) would be near as easy as
to anything M$ offers today.

M$ is scared.

Competition is good! Right, Micro$hills? I
mean, that's what you bleat all the time, while
working hard to kill alternatives, even lobbying
gub'mints and Global organizations to ignore
the OSS question.
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so if you cought  JWatson77 | 01/09/04
history101  stephen732@... | 01/11/04
waste of resources  matted@... | 01/13/04
Run Windows Update, then burn OS image (where permitted by law)  KeithRisler | 01/09/04
Better yet  Franklin_z | 01/10/04
I agree!  DarbyOhara | 01/11/04
Typical M$  tslocum7 | 01/09/04
History's largest criminal monopoly...  moiety | 01/10/04
Forced upgrades  tslocum7 | 01/12/04
Forced Upgrades??  Wolfie2K3 | 01/12/04
compared to Linux  el1jones | 01/09/04
Well you know,  rkadowns | 01/09/04
No  el1jones | 01/09/04
%rolling eyes%  DarbyOhara | 01/11/04
Study in Dec '03 reported only 6.6% market uptake for WinXP. M$ is scared!  dicktaurus@... | 01/09/04
Uh huh  vdraken | 01/09/04
Gosh, that was even brainless for a certified Micro$hill! Congrats!  dicktaurus@... | 01/09/04
Hmm hmm  NemesisNL | 01/10/04
60,000 machines a day!  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
They're afraid of the OS being stripped and replced with a tux  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/09/04
Your the best kind of Windows customer.  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
you cant always do that  doh123 | 01/09/04
Maybe in the past.  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
Sure, only 'cuz M$ was ordered to stop pre-load extortion against OEMs  dicktaurus@... | 01/09/04
Would love to...  MkIIISupra | 01/09/04
The problem is, you can't.  Damon K | 01/09/04
pre-installed linux  Chris Moller | 01/09/04
Would Love To  Snapsoup | 01/10/04
Gee Bit, it's sooooo hard to recognize you  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/09/04
Not making their numbers  IT_User | 01/09/04
Explain.  vdraken | 01/09/04
Use Some Reason, please  KeithRisler | 01/09/04
Dude...  quietLee | 01/09/04
It's aboutr reasonable durability  KeithRisler | 01/09/04
I'll take a shot too  el1jones | 01/09/04
Why look in so complex matters?  FirstNLastN | 01/09/04
As far as companies , they do not wait until hardware breaks  NemesisNL | 01/11/04
Explanation how  FirstNLastN | 01/09/04
My two cents...  noShut_z | 01/09/04
Explanation  Chris Moller | 01/09/04
Just a quick poll?  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
poll?  dwest_z | 01/09/04
Old is Better!  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
Drivers  dwest_z | 01/09/04
Actually Not!  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
NOT!  dwest_z | 01/09/04
Which Version!  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
In fact...  FirstNLastN | 01/09/04
Win XP stable?  dwest_z | 01/09/04
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RE: dwest  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
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True, but....  FirstNLastN | 01/09/04
Dvorak...  noShut_z | 01/09/04
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Just the Facts Sir!  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
Patch the Patch  dwest_z | 01/09/04
it's more that 5 year old  voska | 01/11/04
Still waiting.  ShadeTree | 01/09/04
Still waiting to hear from a Linux user using a 1998 distro  hal9000mx | 01/09/04
You have to go slowly, Bitty is just not sophisticated  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/09/04
1998 distro  Chris Moller | 01/09/04
1998 linux  Chris Moller | 01/09/04
A better poll  voska | 01/11/04
I am still running Win98 at work  Tammee | 01/09/04
Question  Ployd_Farker | 01/09/04
Only 1/4 of web surfers use w98! Worldwide!!  jjon2121 | 01/09/04
370,000 BUSINESS  hal9000mx | 01/09/04
XP 2 years old already  JWatson77 | 01/09/04
Waste of time...  MkIIISupra | 01/09/04
I'm switching  skeptic tank | 01/10/04
WIN98 SUPPORT  ALFRED_z | 01/09/04
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I have Windows XP with all the latest patches.  GraysonPeddie | 01/10/04
Windows lover  NoB$ | 01/10/04
Just (?) Business  bekercher | 01/10/04
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