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:eWeek: Who Is Hurt By Microsoft's Neglect of Older Browsers?
eWeek: Who Is Hurt By Microsoft's Neglect of Older Browsers?
Sep 25, 2004, 09 :00 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (5771 reads)

(Other stories by David Coursey)

"In fact, it is probably not in Microsoft's best interest to force such a move even if it could. Today, a Windows 98 machine that is orphaned because it lacks the necessary oomph to run XP SP2 can become a capable Linux box in about an hour, maybe less.

"These Linux machines, plus other such retrofitted boxes, would be perfect for enterprise customers who don't specifically require Microsoft Office but need up-to-date security..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The system requirements to get some form ...   Old win98 boxes will not be converted   
Uno Engborg
Sep 25, 2004, 11:32:11
 
Those that can't be bothered to run  ...   unfortunately   
alison
Sep 25, 2004, 12:19:14
 
I started running SuSE Linux fully for h ...   SuSE good to me   
esb
Sep 25, 2004, 15:43:41
 
eh? you're talking out of your poste ...   Re: Old win98 boxes will not be converted   
AdamW
Sep 25, 2004, 17:29:58
 
right now I'm sitting at a 450Mhz AD ...   what are you talking about ?   
rob
Sep 25, 2004, 17:50:49
 
Two sets of people not even considered i ...   Two sets of people   
Colin Walls
Sep 25, 2004, 17:58:52
 
It's a cinche to download Mozilla on ...   ??? Browser == OS ???   
Charles Hixson
Sep 25, 2004, 18:49:48
 
>The system requirements to get some for ...   re: Old win98 boxes will not be converted   
codeboy
Sep 25, 2004, 19:54:22
 
Call me nasty things if you want, but I  ...   Firefox   
Joe User
Sep 26, 2004, 01:08:56
 
> Call me nasty things if you want, but  ...   Re: Firefox   
Jo Řiongen
Sep 27, 2004, 07:01:00
 
once people, for whatever reason, try sw ...   browsers "break the ice"   
Bernard Swiss
Sep 27, 2004, 21:26:04
 
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