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Post #17,323
by rsf
11/8/01 11:54:13 AM
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New Will Win2000 still be available?
Or will kill licenses or support for it to force new installations to use XP?
Ray
Post #17,330
by inthane-chan
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11/8/01 12:02:59 PM
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New AFAIK...
...and I'm not a licensing genius, so don't quote me on this - do your own research first - the corporate license for WinXP allows the corporation to substitute Win2k on the system.

Although I'm sure Micros~1 will consider that to be an "XP system" for statistical purposes.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #17,409
by tonytib
11/8/01 7:24:46 PM
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New No, they'll count it twice: 1x as XP, 1x as W2K
Post #17,332
by Another Scott
11/8/01 12:26:22 PM
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New You can still get Win95.
E.g. [link|http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=90&manufactory=1149|NewEgg.com]. They list 95, 98SE, ME, 2K, XPHome, XPPro, but not e.g. NT4.

I'd imagine it'll be a while before MS eliminates these options.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #17,346
by rsf
11/8/01 1:26:40 PM
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New Re: You can still get Win95.
I recently upgraded my home Win95 box to Win2000 primarily because I was finding patches and upgrades weren't forth coming and I was noticing that an increasing amount of hardware and software requires Win98 or above. AFAIK, the newest MS media players (IE too? IE is practically an OS after all) won't run on Win95 so MS is indirectly coercing people into upgrading.

At least my upgrade was a definite improvement. I'm just worried that when IE 7 or the next version of Office comes out, it will only run on XP and I'll be forced to upgrade.
Ray
Post #17,359
by Another Scott
11/8/01 2:15:53 PM
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New I'm sure you realize that's the plan. As always...
     Has MS overdone it with XP - article 'No XP for thee' IWE - (dmarker2) - (9) - Nov. 7, 2001, 10:16:09 PM EST
         Direct IWE link. - (static) - (8) - Nov. 7, 2001, 10:23:10 PM EST
             XP=xhack pughk not that this ver of windows is not - (boxley) - (7) - Nov. 7, 2001, 10:32:53 PM EST
                 Not really. - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Nov. 7, 2001, 10:39:00 PM EST
                     Will Win2000 still be available? - (rsf) - (5) - Nov. 8, 2001, 11:54:13 AM EST
                         AFAIK... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2001, 12:02:59 PM EST
                             No, they'll count it twice: 1x as XP, 1x as W2K -NT - (tonytib) - Nov. 8, 2001, 07:24:46 PM EST
                         You can still get Win95. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2001, 12:26:22 PM EST
                             Re: You can still get Win95. - (rsf) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2001, 01:26:40 PM EST
                                 I'm sure you realize that's the plan. As always... -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 8, 2001, 02:15:53 PM EST

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