[Info-vax] Some good news !

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In article <XYYIl.76917$ua7.10519 at newsfe17.iad>, "Steven Underwood" <nobody at spamcop.net> writes:
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><VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message 
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>> So what you are saying is that M$ _is_ forcing people to downgrade.
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>You appear to consider the latest version of the MS operating system a 
>downgrade.  I do not.  My XP machine needs to be rebooted a lot more than my 
>Vista laptop has.
>
>MS is not FORCING anything.  You can still run XP as long as you can keep it 
>running.  The license does not expire.  You just can not purchase the old 
>version any longer and it is officially unsupported.  I still run Win98 on a 
>few (older) machines, nobody forced me to change those systems either.
>
>Digital/Compaq/HP never forced me to upgrade my MVII from V5.2 either, but 
>it is also unsupported and not available for purchase.  That box, to my 
>knowledge is still running happily in the back computer room of my previous 
>employer doing the same thing it has for the last 10 years.  I also run 
>unsupported V7.1 on VAX and Alpha at my current employer.
>
>I also drive a 9 year old car that is out of warranty, but it keeps running 
>as well.

No, a degrade.  I bought a 17" Toshiba at a going out of business sale for
pennies on the dollar.  I took it home and upgraded its VISTA by installing
Ubuntu.  It never booted VISTA in my possession.
 
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