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Re: 70 million computers are using Windows 98 right now
From: Cardoso <cardosolistas () contraditorium com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:53:07 -0300
Is it a hard mesure? Yes. Is it a high price to reduce the number of zombie networks around the globe? No. I think the sypware guys will take care of their own doom. Oh, firefox is jumping the wagon too. No 9x/me support to 3.0. Anyway, who said anything about XP? I don't think there's anything a 98 machine can do that a Linux machine can't, beside games. It's a well known trick to extend hardware usefullness. It's a "switch or die" situation. //no fanboy here, check my headers, plain old XP user. On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:37:38 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote: V> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:28:08 -0300, Cardoso said: V> > but I agree. Let them die. 98 is a very unsafe plataform, hope the V> > spyware guys act fast and kill all the remaining machines, under a ton V> > of popups. V> V> And where does that leave the users? Have you considered that maybe some V> of them are still using Win98 because they don't have a realistic upgrade V> path? WinXP may not install on their box, or run adequately - and just V> telling them to upgrade isn't always an option. There's large parts of the V> world where a discarded box running Win98 is affordable, but a new box V> and a legal copy of XP is just out of the question. V> V> Phrased differently - how would *you* feel if *your* platform was the target V> of the sort of attack you're advocating against Win98? year(now) + 1 serĂ¡ o ano do linux! Cardoso <cardoso () pobox com> - SkypeIn: (11) 3711-2466 / (41) 3941-5299 vida digital: http://www.contraditorium.com site pessoal e blog: http://www.carloscardoso.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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