Windows 98/ME Finally Kicks the Bucket

Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 98, 98 Second Edition and Millennium Edition today: no more bug fixes, no more technical support, no more nothing.

Before people start revolting in protest, consider this: It's Microsoft's business decision to make, and it makes sense.

Personally I'm happy that they pulled support for 98/ME, because of one the age of the Operating System, and as well as that both 98/ME are prone to crashing alot (ME is worse). Personally, after moving from 98, years ago to 2000, then to XP, was a big leap in performance, and stablity, though with the NT kernel there are occassionally some issues. In my opinon Linux and Mac OSX are really the most stable operating systems out there, though Linux has some kinks that prevent me from completely converting to it, though its more that sufficent to use for Word Processing, Web Browsing, etc. The only shortfalls with Linux, which have gotten fewer over the years is iPod/MP3 Player support, Audio Editing support (a tad difficult to set up, though with some time on your hands, its possible to set it up to do it), and finally the fact that most games and software are on the windows platform. Though with office tasks, there are plenty of GNU software to replace this, Games on the other hand are not always ported, though many are, or can run using Cedega. Overall Linux is reaching the point that it can compete with Windows, but it still has some issues, but many, including wifi have improved over the past 5 years.

Washington Post- Can't Blame Microsoft for Pulling the Plug