[Cialug] OT: Choose the lesser evil? Save XP?

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

Windows 95 has been such a pain, it just needs to die.


On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 13:36 -0600, kristau wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2008 1:27 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> > Even
> > though we are already on the Microsoft Train on the Microsoft track I don't
> > want them to dictate when we have to pay to get to the next stop, or which
> > stop that is.  If that makes any sense.
> 
> Microsoft could save themselves and the rest of us a lot of headaches
> if they'd follow a model like Canonical does with Ubuntu.  Release
> minor versions which you support for a short period of time, and
> milestone versions which you stand behind for a much longer period of
> time.  Make the schedule standard and regular and we can all plan
> accordingly.
> 
> For now, all Microsoft does is say "we won't support this anymore as
> of X date in the future."  To their credit, they still provide major
> security patches for Windows 2000 server, which is well beyond its
> usable life time (but in common use nonetheless).  It would be nice to
> see security patches for older desktop systems, though.  How many
> unpatched 9x and Me systems are out there still?
>