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| azpicturethis | Sep 23 2004, 04:50 PM Post #1 |
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Thank you very much to Microsoft. I guess our older machines are now officially "obsolete"? |
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| bigbadass | Sep 23 2004, 07:13 PM Post #2 |
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Oh no they don't!!!!!!
All free with Opera having a paid version!! |
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| sataan | Nov 28 2004, 01:48 AM Post #3 |
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Mozilla is a great browser. I haven't used IE for almost 2 years, except for pages that won't handle Mozilla, but they are a rarity anymore.
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| tomb1 | Nov 28 2004, 03:42 PM Post #4 |
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I think the whole of Microsoft not supporting their older versions is a crock of shit! Mr. Gates preaches security and PC safety but doesn't want to practice what he preaches. I think if he really meant what he says, he would keep updates and patches available for all versions of Windows. It all boils down to the almighty $$$$ which he has more than enough of. Not everyone can run right out and plop down X amount of dollars for new software and a new system that will support it. And he complains about software piracy. No wonder it's done. Most people can't afford the $$$$. I still have an old laptop with Windows 95 on it. I still fire it up every so often just to see if it works. At one time it was top of the line. But now it's almost useless. I guess thats progress. Who will be next to practice this type of business? Can you imagine if auto makers would start this? Buy a new car and in 5 years take it back to the dealer for repairs and find out they don't support or fix that year automobile anymore. You must buy a new one. I just hope the next time Mr. Gates decides to " Fly The Friendly Skies " he checks to make sure his plane is not more than 5 years old. Wouldn't it be hell if the airlines and the builder of that plane stopped maintaining it because it was only 5 years old? That would be a crash that would take more than a boot disk or recovery disk to fix. And I'm sure some little guy down the line would get the blame for it and not the big guys at the top. I have wanted to get this off my chest for sometime now. Thank you for your time. tomb1 |
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of Microsoft not supporting their older versions is a crock of shit! Mr. Gates preaches security and PC safety but doesn't want to practice what he preaches. I think if he really meant what he says, he would keep updates and patches available for all versions of Windows. It all boils down to the almighty $$$$ which he has more than enough of. Not everyone can run right out and plop down X amount of dollars for new software and a new system that will support it. And he complains about software piracy. No wonder it's done. Most people can't afford the $$$$. I still have an old laptop with Windows 95 on it. I still fire it up every so often just to see if it works. At one time it was top of the line. But now it's almost useless. I guess thats progress.
9:47 AM Jul 11