Thanks Michelle for pointing out that the DSL Team has just announced that Microsoft is not going to be providing Windows 98 or ME support effective in 2004. A spokesperson for Microsoft has confirmed the report in the magazine, Computerbuild. If this is indeed true, then these are my comments:

Maybe it is time more folks switch to Linux? I see this announcement as a very risky move for Microsoft and very similar to their strategy with IE no longer being separately supported which could be a huge mistake — or a genius move. Try setting yourself up a dual boot and maybe you’ll find that what you liked about Windows can be replaced with another (open source) OS.