Re: [Full-disclosure] 70 million computers are using Windows 98 rightnow
Let's check some realtime stats... BoingBoing.net releases it's stats... http://www.boingboing.net/stats/awstats.boingboing.net.osdetail.html Windows XP 3197250861.1 % Windows NT 167228 0.3 % Windows Me 208016 0.3 % Windows Codename Longhorn 77667 Windows CE 32730 0 % Windows 98 616027 1.1 % Windows 95 12562 0 % Windows 2003289806 0.5 % Windows 20002830034 5.4 % Windows 3.xx350 0 % On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:43:42 -0400 "Larry Seltzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LS> >>http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2006/July/os.php LS> LS> Just what the hell am I supposed to be worried about? I'm not running any LS> Win98 systems. LS> LS> And by the way, you trust these numbers? Why would you assume they are LS> accurate? Do you really think there are more WebTV than Windows ME users? LS> More than 3 times as many Windows 3.x users as UNIX users? year(now) + 1 será o ano do linux! Cardoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - SkypeIn: (11) 3711-2466 / (41) 3941-5299 vida digital: http://www.contraditorium.com site pessoal e blog: http://www.carloscardoso.com ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
RE: [Full-disclosure] 70 million computers are using Windows 98 rightnow
>>http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2006/July/os.php Just what the hell am I supposed to be worried about? I'm not running any Win98 systems. And by the way, you trust these numbers? Why would you assume they are accurate? Do you really think there are more WebTV than Windows ME users? More than 3 times as many Windows 3.x users as UNIX users? ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
Re: [Full-disclosure] 70 million computers are using Windows 98 rightnow
Windows 98 has no remote exploits, only client side attacks ( IE, OE, WMP and 3rd party apps ) ( try sticking a win98 box in a dmz or direct to the Internet... It wont get owned ). I dont think it is that huge of an issue that they are "abandoning" it's users. The impending abandonment of support for Win98 has been comming for at least 2 years http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3298741 As a matter of fact I have a Win98 box just for a game ( Descent2 on 3dfx !!! ) and my TV tuner. Replace IE and OE with open source replacements, and the platform could be a low cost alternative that would also carry a fair degree of security for those that would like to deploy it. One suggestion to Microsoft would be to make Win98 ( and Dos 6.2x ) available as a freeware OS since they will no longer be burdened by support, patches and etc anyway. Replace IE and OE with open source replacements, and the platform could be a low cost alternative that would also carry a fair degree of security for those that would like to deploy it. They could even open up some source code that is not used by the currently supported OS's, that could bring a good deal of support and development by the community. my2bits, MW ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
RE: [Full-disclosure] 70 million computers are using Windows 98 rightnow
Personally I doubt there are any Win98 systems out there connected to the Internet that aren't already infected with something. The loss of support is largely a moot issue. ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
