ms on the offensive again

[Rob Sutherland]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:52:50 -0400
James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Peter wrote:
> > 
> > Found via slashdot
> > 
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051801770.html 
> > 
> > 
> > ms is preparing a w95/98 replacement 'light' xp that can run on older 
> > machines. It is aimed directly at preventing linux from making inroads 
> > where the hardware upgrades are not welcome.

Two can play at that game :-)

I've had a number of support calls from people who are still running Win 95/98 and I 
put up an article giving them some basic advice and recommending that they use LiveCDs
as emergency support and switch to Linux. I'm still looking for a good distro to 
recommend for that purpose - has anyone had good experiences with one in particular

Article at 

http://www.memeshadow.net/newcs/csblog/?q=node/8&PHPSESSID=65dae304c12132240b9d594e48bebee0

Rob 


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