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   Stef wrote:   
   > Luvrsmel wrote:   
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   >> "JJ"  wrote in message   
   >> news:dvwpfd9h9023.udl13mh8m8id.dlg@40tude.net...   
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   >> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:57:31 +0000 (UTC), Stef wrote:   
   >>> Microsoft hasn't done that with any previous, and now unsupported,   
   >>> versions of Windows.  I still use Windows 2000 Pro.  I know people   
   >>> still using W95.  They still work just fine.   
   >>   
   >> I used Windows 2000 before, but can't remember if it has auto update   
   >> feature. Windows 9x/ME don't have it either, if I'm not mistaken.   
   >> But it's reassuring to know that Microsoft don't try to kill old   
   >> Windows.   
   >   
   > They'd loose too many Windows customers, if they did.  Bad for   
   > business.   
   >   
   >> I think they are killing it. By not supporting it, they are releasing   
   >> grandma to take home from the hospital because there is nothing more   
   >> they can do for her...so they say. And as far as shelf life goes,   
   >> definitely OS have them. I have an opened can of Windows 98 SE   
   >> sitting on my ledge and the flies are loving it. ;)   
   >   
   > Obsolence is a part of life.  At some point, it becomes uneconomical   
   > (for Microsoft) to support out-of-date software that was designed to   
   > run on now obsolete hardware, even if it still works.  Unfortuanate,   
   > but that's the current world business model.  Microsoft didn't invent   
   > it. They just have to conduct business under it.   
   >   
   > Look at what Adobe is doing with their software:  They're LEASING it   
   > like a car.  You have to pay monthly (or yearly) to use it. And If you   
   > don't, it stops working. How long before Microsoft starts doing that   
   > with their OS?   
   >   
   > Stef   
      
   Microsoft have always 'leased' their operating and other software systems   
   (read the ULAs that comes with the software) - but they only charge you a   
   one-off fee for the lease.   
      
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