Microsoft extends support for Windows 98, ME

Lokie · 12-January-04, 07:14 PM

ALTHOUGH MICROSOFT had planned to pull the plug on support for Windows 98 and ME early this year, the firm said today it will extend the life of the products for more than two years.
Support for Windows 98, 98SE and ME will now be available until the middle of June 2006.

Microsoft was going to deck the products at the end of this week, and we can only presume that it's corporate customers banging furiously at its door which has caused it to extend the life of the products.

Source here.

aaronrkelly · 12-January-04, 07:53 PM

Or they never had intentions of doing it in the first place and it was a scare tactic to get people to switch to XP........of course they wouldnt do anything like that would they??

Lokie · 12-January-04, 09:11 PM

Or maybe to see how many actual users still were out there that wanted it or still need it.

Red02 · 13-January-04, 06:25 PM

Well I can see them extending the life of 98SE, but ME well ME both sucks and blows. That shouldnt have even made it off the drawing board.

12-January-04, 07:14 PM		#1 (permalink)
Lokie Custom What?	Microsoft extends support for Windows 98, ME ALTHOUGH MICROSOFT had planned to pull the plug on support for Windows 98 and ME early this year, the firm said today it will extend the life of the products for more than two years. Support for Windows 98, 98SE and ME will now be available until the middle of June 2006. Microsoft was going to deck the products at the end of this week, and we can only presume that it's corporate customers banging furiously at its door which has caused it to extend the life of the products. Source here.

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12-January-04, 07:53 PM		#2 (permalink)
aaronrkelly Apex Tech God	Or they never had intentions of doing it in the first place and it was a scare tactic to get people to switch to XP........of course they wouldnt do anything like that would they??

12-January-04, 09:11 PM		#3 (permalink)
Lokie Custom What?	Or maybe to see how many actual users still were out there that wanted it or still need it.

13-January-04, 06:25 PM		#4 (permalink)
Red02 Freck-hoe-d	Well I can see them extending the life of 98SE, but ME well ME both sucks and blows. That shouldnt have even made it off the drawing board.