[Am-info] Microsoft abandons older Windows

[Erick Andrews]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:30:24 +0000, Roy Bixler wrote:

>On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:12:26AM -0500, Erick Andrews quotes:
>> "Thousands of companies and individuals could face security
>>  headaches and inconvenience as Microsoft stops selling some
>>  of its older products.
>> 
>> "It has announced it is withdrawing products such as Windows
>>  98, Windows NT 4 and Outlook 2000.
>> 
>> "The decision was made because the programs contain code
>>  outlawed under a legal deal with rival Sun Microsystems.
>
>That seems to me like it's removing support sooner than Microsoft
>ordinarily does.  On the other hand, do you really buy their
>explanation?  It seems to me equally plausible that a good part of (if
>not all of) the reason is that Microsoft wants to give further
>incentive to "encourage laggards to upgrade."
>
>R.

I couldn't imagine otherwise.

Erick