I remember when Windows 95 came to town.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, a desktop metaphor that always seemed clunky as hell (Win3x) became — something usable. A dozen different utilities became obsolete. It was a system, an interface, I could work with, not work around.<\/p>\n
Sure, Win9x had problems. It was built on top of DOS, for one thing. But Win9x drove the final nail into the Windows-vs-MacOS debate. The MacOS, in its different flavors, may very well be a superior OS, but as far as interface issue go, it’s not superior enough. Win9x does the job just well enough.<\/p>\n
Last week, MS pulled the plug on Win98 support; 95 went away a long time ago. WinME loses its support at the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Most companies, I suspect, have already made the cutover to Win2K or WinXP (or Linux, etc.). We’d certainly been pretty much forced to here, based on OS\/NOS interactions. But a lot of home systems still run on Win9x, and, for some people and applications, the underlying OS is a lot less critical than it once was.<\/p>\n
It’s worth noting that about 24% of my visitors here use Win98 (about the same as use Win2K). That will, of course, over time, continue to dwindle.<\/p>\n
Time marches on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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