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其它操作系统综合讨论区 » [Discussion] Microsoft Has Already Abandoned Windows 9X Development

Floor1　红色狂想	Posted 2003-04-23 00:00
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To all you Windows users: I heard that starting from June this year, Microsoft will abandon development of the Windows 9X system, and put all its energy into the development of Windows 2000 and XP. This means the vast number of Win 9X users will no longer be able to continue upgrading the system! I wonder whether this news is good or bad for ordinary users? I think it is both good and bad: the good thing is that users can finally openly give Win 9X major surgery; the bad thing is that users can no longer patch up their own Win 9X, because no new patch programs will be developed anymore! Microsoft really knows how to do business. They found that the Windows 9X system has so many vulnerabilities, and were afraid of spending huge sums to fix them one by one, so they simply abandoned it. Doesn't that just throw off their burden? I wonder what all you Windows users think; lively discussion is welcome!

Floor2　Dark-Destroy	Posted 2003-04-23 00:00
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That works out perfectly, then we can carry out deeper research on WIN 9x.

Floor3　Wengier	Posted 2003-04-26 00:00
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Then has the source code for Win9x also been abandoned?

Floor4　imp	Posted 2003-04-26 00:00
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They won't make the source code public, probably. Not very likely. In terms of serviceability, stability, desktop flexibility, and so on, 9x is all inferior to NT systems like 2000 and xp. There are also fewer and fewer people using the 9x system now (I think ordinary users probably all use 2k and xp by now, right?) Microsoft abandoning it is a very good choice.

Floor5　红色狂想	Posted 2003-04-26 00:00
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I still don't know whether they will make the source code public, but I hope they do, so everyone can hack around with 9X to their heart's content!

Floor6　Wengier	Posted 2003-04-26 00:00
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Right, then IO.SYS can be further modified and streamlined!

Floor7　44944	Posted 2003-04-30 00:00
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This happened long ago!!! MS has been doing this for ages~

Floor8　沈洁	Posted 2003-05-01 00:00
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MS really makes me want to curse you, MS!

Floor9　lidan005	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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I'm new here, please take care of me, if you want to learn source code, LINUX is even better. If you're studying operating systems, knowing the source code and not knowing it are not the same thing.

Floor10　Dark-Destroy	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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The following is quoted from lidan005's post at 2003-5-5 16:38:33: I'm new here, please take care of me, if you want to learn source code, LINUX is even better. If you're studying operating systems, knowing the source code and not knowing it are not the same thing. Welcome!! If you want to learn source code, it's not just LIUNX now, even DOS can do it too!! FreeDOS is one example!!