Re: 2004 -Microsoft drops 9x support
From: Julie D. (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/16/03
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:27:00 -0800
>-----Original Message-----
>Probably right--however I've seen at least two folks
searching for security
>patches for Alpha machines since Blaster. Probably hand-
me-downs from
>institutions.
>
>"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
message
>news:eFXkQa2wDHA.1740@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I was under the impression that Alpha support,
including security patches,
>ended around
>> 2001.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org>
wrote in message
>> news:upseQX2wDHA.1760@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> | And apparently only for Intel processor versions!
>> |
>> | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote
in message
>> | news:%23q$7RT2wDHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> | > NT Server 4.0 is already reached its EoL June/July
of '03.
>> | > Only Security related patches will be supplied
until June of '04.
>> | >
>> | > Dave
>> | >
>> | >
>> | >
>> | > "anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>> | > news:0b9d01c3c363$1eb6a210$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> | > | 8 Dec 2003 (this was last week)
>> | > |
>> | > | Sun forces final death of Win98, Office 2000, etc
>> | > | Posted by Voodoo on 08 Dec 2003 - 17:05
>> | > |
>> | > | Microsoft will pull the plugs on MSDN downloads of
>> | > | a range of products, including Windows 98, Office
2000,
>> | > | SQL Server 7 and NT Workstation, next Monday.
These
>> | > | contain the polluted Java which, according to the
>> | > | settlement with Sun, Microsoft has to stop
supporting.
>> | > | So it's all Sun's fault, really. Up to a point.
The deal
>> | > | with Sun doesn't actually require Microsoft to
completely
>> | > | kill off its JVM finally until September of next
year, so
>> | > | it's clearing the decks early, and perhaps
conveniently.
>> | > | The demise of Office 2000, SQL 7 and ISA Server
2000
>> | > | in particular will help usher users along the
company's
>> | > | recommended upgrade paths. Microsoft will be
issuing new,
>> | > | settlement compliant, versions of Office XP Pro,
>> | > | Publisher 2002, NT Server 4.0 and Small Business
>> | > | Server 2000.
>> | > |
>> | > | Officially, the issue for Microsoft is one of
support
>> | > | rather than availability. Windows 98 and NT 4.0
>> | > | Workstation licences, for example, ceased to be
>> | > | offered through system builders earlier this year.
>> | > | Developers use the MSDN download facility,
however,
>> | > | for support and backward compatibility purposes.
>> | > | Prudent developers will therefore be spending the
>> | > | next week grabbing images 'just in case', while
the
>> | > | surreal-minded among you might care to conjure
>> | > | with the notion of Win98 ISOs showing up on P2P
>> | > | networks, with Sun lawyers in hot pursuit.
>> | > |
>> | > | Depressingly, the cull doesn't seem to cover the
unlovely
>> | > | Windows ME, which only just comes out of the OEM
>> | > | channel at the end of this month, and will remain
>> | > | street-legal via the more desperate class of
system
>> | > | builder for another year. You might care to note
that
>> | > | here, WinXP is scheduled to be pulled out of the
OEM
>> | > | channel at the end of 2005, which means that the
>> | > | lifecycle roadmappers at least are still looking
for
>> | > | Longhorn in Q3-4 2005.
>> | > |
>> | > | >-----Original Message-----
>> | > | > So what does everyone think will be the
effect of
>> | > | >Microsoft's decision to drop support for Win 9x
in 2004
>> | > | on
>> | > | >the flood of viruses? I'm wondering if that
means that
>> | > | >there will be enough systems running 9x that
become
>> | > | >infected because there won't be patches for new
>> | > | >vulnerabilities, that it will create problems
(traffic
>> | > | >from DOS attempts or whatever) for the users of
more
>> | > | >current operating systems.
>> | > | >.
>> | > | >
>> | >
>> | >
>> |
>> |The Intel MMX processors do not have updates or
drivers available, I've checked it out.
Good luck.
>>
>>
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