On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:33:49 -0500, Jim Gilliland
wrote:

Bob Cain wrote:

What utter assholes. From the FAQ:

"Are Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Millennium
Edition critically affected by one or more of the vulnerabilities that
are addressed in this security bulletin?

No. Although Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows
Millennium Edition do contain the affected component, the vulnerability
is not critical because an exploitable attack vector has not been
identified that would yield a Critical severity rating for these
versions. For more information about severity ratings, visit the
following Web site."

98's not vulnerable because it hasn't been attacked to their knowledge,
although it can be successfully if anyone tries. Only those *******s
could find that to be logical.

Just another way to force users of older versions to upgrade. Puts
another few dollars into Bill's pocket.

Most people who use older computers are not satisfied with using older
software.The problem is when they upgrade to windows xp, upgrade their
browser,anti virus,spyware protection, firewalls,etc.They have 4
messengers, 3 media players,printer software and 20 other tray icons
running in systray.Then they wonder why thier computer with 128 megs
of ram is running so slow.This bogs down tech support with problems
that are not really resovleable.Eventually they need to get a new
computer.The price of upgrading is not worth it when you can get new
computers from an ISP , manufacturer or pawn shop for $299.00 or less.
We have people call on occasion who use win 3.1,windows 95 and they
are shocked we no longer support them.It is time to retire winodws 98
also.

Randall