At Winfoes 98se we wish to see 98se become an open source operating system and there is movement out there supporting this idea. Considering 98se is no longer supported, isn't it reasonable for such a large company to let it go.

It takes approximately 20 gigs of hard drive to install Vista, approximately 8 gigs for XP and that is to only put the basic software packages we all require to run along side either of these these two operating systems. Sure you could install leaner, but what have you got? Even leaner you have an OS that is bloated beyond all comparisons with a Linux Distro. The 98se installation we use has only taken 4.5 gigs of hard drive with over 80 applications installed. It is faster than any XP computers we tested on the same computers and more secure. Another problem is that hackers will normally try to crack the latest OS commonly supplied on new computers.

There are free operating systems out there and there are free operating systems being developed all the time. The problem as we see it is that computer manufacturers like the idea of getting, for next to nothing, an OS from the biggest player. You cannot go into a computer store and ask for that laptop with a Linux Distro for example. Where is the choice?

Not everybody wants to replace computers, hard drives or processors on a regular basis to accommodate the new over bloated OS. It is time consuming, irritating and there are poor administritive procedures involved in trying out the latest OS's that are supplied by the worlds largest player. We certainly will not throw away a Pentium III PC purchased in 2000 just because designers wish to create a new OS, full of holes and security leaks and use us as a guinea pig for a corporation to amass more money.

So we here at Winfoes will carry on with our 98se machines, looking for software that will work with 98se and carry on the principle that having a dual boot system with a Linux Distro is the best way of getting the new developements as well as making the older 98se leaner and faster.

Bin your Vista and get your life back with us.

Willy Winfoes

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