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Subject: Re: XP Operating System Questions

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 13:10:30 02/14/02

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Probably I don't understand something, but I just went into Windows Update
(http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/) and it works well. It gave me suggested
list of updates, and it nowhere says "no more updates would be available"...

Eugene

On February 14, 2002 at 14:19:03, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>On February 14, 2002 at 14:04:42, David Rasmussen wrote:
>
>Dave,
>
>I went to the Microsoft page for an update for Win2000/Win2000 Pro and was
>informed that no more updates would be available.  So Mr. Bill is abandoning his
>customer base in order to move WinXP.  Pretty sour marketing.  I suppose that he
>wants more money to feed the starving and sick children of the world but screw
>the consumer who made him rich in the first place.
>
>I agree with you on the Win98 vs Win2000 standing.  Don't forget that most
>people who use computers never had any serious math,science or engineering
>courses and are lucky to know what kind of processor is in their machine.
>
>For occasional gamers, toy OS like Win98/Win95 are good enough.  Hell, Windows
>3.1x / Dos 6.2x is good enough for word processing and simple accounting
>programs.
>
>Tim Frohlick
>
>
>
>>>Paul
>>
>>XP is a good system, because it has done a clean breakaway from all sorts of bad
>>backward compatibility (in the driver model etc.). But some programs doesn't run
>>well on XP without changes. This problems should disappear with time, but right
>>now, there are still problems.
>>
>>If XP is not able to run your favorite program, run Windows 2000 instead. It is
>>the most stable OS Microsoft has ever made (possibly with the exception of XP,
>>we don't know yet). It is as stable as any Linux distribution in my experience,
>>although bad drivers and bad software (such as Microsofts own Internet
>>Information Server) are giving the OS an unfairly bad reputation in Linux
>>circles. Windows 2000 is light years ahead of Windows 98, which is just a toy OS
>>in my opinion.
>>
>>/David



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