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Microsoft Operating Systems: End of
Life Schedule
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The Story
 Recently
Microsoft announced the proverbial 'bringing
to the end' of some of its older Operating
Systems software.
What does this mean for you? This means
that support, upgrades, security patches,
etc… will no longer be available, leaving
the users of the O.S. with no support, and
with high vulnerability to new types of
security intrusions, viruses, and the like.
Below is an excerpt taken from Information
Weak:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml
?articleID=8700301&pgno=1
"On [June 30th, 2003], free live help
for Win98 issues will cease, although paid
incident support will be extended for another
six months until Jan, 16. Any Win98 security
issues identified before June 30 will be
patched via freely downloadable hot fixes,
but security issues discovered after June
30 may or may not be patched. Microsoft
is reserving the right to patch or not to
patch, as it sees fit. This is a key issue
for Win98 users: You can only count on having
up-to-date security patches for Win98 through
early summer of this year. After that, using
Win98 will become increasingly risky. Microsoft
may release additional patches, but is not
promising to do so. So, after June of this
year, using Win98 becomes a crap shoot.
By January, Win98 will be in the operating-system
equivalent of suspended animation: There'll
be no maintenance, upgrades, or patches
for the operating system at all."
The Schedule
 The
following is the schedule for when no new
systems of any kind will be in production
with the older operating systems. Of course,
name-brand manufactures currently only offer
Windows XP and Windows 2000 for the desktop,
and Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003
Server variations for servers.
| End
of Sale |
| Windows NT 4.0 Workstation |
June 30, 2003 |
| Windows NT 4.0 Server |
June 30, 2003 |
| Windows 98, First
Edition |
June 30, 2003 |
| Windows Millennium
Edition (Me) |
June 30, 2003 |
| Windows 98, Second
Edition (SE, v2) |
September 30, 2003 |
The following schedule reflects the points
at which all support will cease to exist completely
for the older platforms.
| End
of Life |
| |
Desktop
Operating Systems |
End
of Life |
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These products follow the previously
announced Windows Desktop Product Life
Cycle Guidelines |
Windows 95 |
December 31, 2002 |
| Windows 98 / 98
SE |
January 16, 2005 |
| Windows NT Workstation
4.xx |
June 30, 2004 |
| Windows Millennium
Edition |
December 31, 2005 |
Click here for the full schedule from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycleconsumer.mspx
What this means, exatcly
 So,
what does this mean? Don't take the risk!
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upgraded right away! Don't risk unnecessary
downtime and data loss! Below please find
the rate chart for OS upgrades:
Remember:
- If your PC is more than 3-4 years old,
it may be more cost-effective to purchase
a new one with the latest Operating System,
rather than upgrade the O.S. on an older
PC.
- Depending on the specifications of your
system, you may require a component upgrade
(Memory and/or Processor) to be able to
run the newer Operating Systems effectively.
| Upgrades
to… |
| OS: |
Cost of Upgrade Software |
Clean Install |
Clean Install with
Data Transfer and Software Re-Install |
| Windows 2000 |
$190 |
$150 |
$250 |
| Windows XP
Professional |
$190 |
$150 |
$250 |
| Windows XP
Home |
$90 |
$150 |
$250 |
Volume pricing will vary, so please call for
a specific quote!
Related links:
www.informationweek.com
www.microsoft.com |
