Microsoft is still releasing updates for Windows 2000. However, only security updates are being release, not "feature" updates. See
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=fh;en-us;lifecycle Elijah On 2/12/07, Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If M$ 2000 = Windows 2000 Workstation. That product is dead. Microsoft is only releasing updates for Windows 2000 for paying support customers. -Miller On 2/11/07, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are so inclined as to run that OS. The main point is that > even software and hardware manufacturers will continue to > support the OS as long as Microsoft does. When M$ put the nail > in the coffin for 98/ME others started to follow. With that > information in hand many companies are content to still run XP > if they have even upgraded to it yet. > > Now what is needed is for more companies to produce their > commercial software as cross platform encompassing the major > operating systems (linux, OS X.3,4,5, M$ 2000, XP, Vista). There > are far too many instances of "if only" keeping people from > running Linux as their primary or only OS. Reliable numbers are > needed to show its strength on the desktop especially compared > to OS X as many companies are making their software available > for Apple too (Adobe/Macromedia, Intuit). At least Google is > doing what they can on porting some of the apps over that they > have acquired. GoogleEarth and Picasa are a good start. I hope > Nero decides to keep their NeroLinux updated too as I rather > like it and was happy to purchase a license for it. > > And while we're at it, I want a full Quicktime implementation on > Linux. I don't care about iTunes as I don't like DRM laden music > but I do like watching the movie trailers on Apple.com. > > That be all (for now), > Mr O. > > --- Jeff Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So pretty much mean's, my windows XP box is still worth its > > prime hardware > > off the shelf, since last year, when I brought it home back in > > August, right > > Mr. O ? > > > > In fact when Vista was in its hype, I knew for some reason, XP > > would be the > > norm for a while, before there wasn't anything, I've yet used > > that would be > > worth getting Vista for? > > > > Jeff > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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