Windows 98 end of life support date

Interestingly, an IDC presentation to OSDL, by my eyeball addition of slide 11 indicates that Linux PC shipments and re-provisions might reach 30 million cumulative for , , and These are gleaned from the Linux Weekly News Timeline page for :. Anyway, that gives some interesting perspective.

Skip to main content. What OS were you using in ? Further, most free Linux distributions are supported for a year, some for two.

Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Microsoft puts end to Windows 98 support The company will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98, Windows ME. Munir Kotadia. July 12, a. From Tuesday, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98 and Windows ME, which are still being used by more than 50 million people.

Windows 98 and ME are less likely to be found in businesses than they are on home machines. Microsoft recently pushed back the consumer release of the next major update to Windows, Windows Vista, until January Jupitermedia analyst Joe Wilcox said that means customers still running Windows 98 or ME that must upgrade by July most likely will move to Windows XP and forgo upgrading to Vista upon its release in January.

This poses a concern for Microsoft, which "still is not getting people to upgrade as quickly as they would like," he said. Since Microsoft originally expected Vista would be released a lot sooner than it will be, it's possible that the company thought it would be available when it decided to end support for 98, 98 SE and ME in July, Wilcox added.

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