Meeting

[Robert Dege]

I've got that "assimilation feeling" going on.  What a shame I don't have
the money :)

That's funny.  Win95 has been out for 5 years before M$ expires it.
Win98 is out for 4.  Win2k is out for (3 1/2).  Does that mean WinXP will
expire in 2004 (2 1/4 years?)


I'm more concerned with Dead, than expired.  Expired means that Microsoft
won't support it (who would pay $$$ to call M$ for support anymore?).
Dead means M$ makes apps with the extra code:

if ( OS == Win9[8|5] )
	stderr "You're OS sux, go to XP";
else
{
	install();
	patch();
	secure();
	.net();
}

-Rob

> Expiration dates:
>
> Windows 95 (December 31, 2000)
> Windows 98 / 98 SE (June 30, 2002)
> Windows NT 4.xx (June 30, 2002)
> Windows 2000 (March 31, 2003)
>
> Dead, "No-longer-supported"
> MS DOS x.xx (December 31, 2001)
> Windows 3.xx (December 31, 2001)
> Windows 95 (December 31, 2001)
> Windows NT 3.5x (December 31, 2001)
> Windows 98/98 SE (June 30, 2003)
> Windows NT 4.xx (June 30, 2003)
>
> Soon Windows 98 will be gone :(
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JJ Neff [mailto:jjneff at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:21 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: Meeting
>
>
> I strictly use Win 98 for gaming as anything beyond that gets too wacky with
> drive space, licensing and all sorts of back door things that frighten me.
> I
> would still be running win95 just to play games if I could :-)
>
> JJN
> --- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I'll be there, and glad to hear anything about passwords, file
> > > volumes, Quake, and how to install Mandrake dual boot with
> > > WinSE on a 20 GB. I got my new box. Put in Win95 and all the
> > > drivers for all the onboard stuff, only to find out Win95 can't
> > > communicate with the AMR modem. I wound up buying WinSE,
> > > stopped there, and went back to trying to figure out the browser
> > > crash on the coal burner. I can install over, or wipe the drive and
> > > start fresh. WinSE is still in the wrapper, and I'm wide open to
> > > suggestions.
> >
> > I'll bring the Quake binaries with me (and the src too, if anyone is
> > feeling adventerous).  I'm still hoping for a mini-frag fest at the
> > meeting this Sunday.  Don't wuss out on me, Meyer ;)  Will someone have a
> > hub available at the meeting?
> >
> > Scott, you mention WinSE?  Do you mean Win98SE, or WinME.  There's so many
> > acronyms, that you can't be too sure nowadays.  If you still have WinME
> > (assumption here) in the wrapper, I would suggest remaining with Win98.
> > There's no significant difference between the 2 that 3rd party drivers
> > & the Windows update site can't compensate for.... Unless you like System
> > Restore hogging a crap load of disk space, especially since System Restore
> > is broken in WinME ;)  I also like having DOS easily available in Win98.
> > You can call me Console happy.
> >
> >
> > Dege
> >
> > Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but
> > they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.
> >
> >
>
>
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Dege

So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
.... If They Weren't Happening To Me