[ale] [OT] win9x jam -- blood pressure check

[J. D.]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com>wrote:

> 98 *Server* Edition?
>
> Horrifying isn't it? That is when one uses 98 as any type of server such as
a file server. I was once told that it doesn't have the hard limit of 10
connections like all newer workstation flavored MS OSs do. So people would
use it as a server to save money on licenses.. :(




>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM, J. D. <jdonline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah me either. I did service some systems that clients were using as
>> a 98 Server Edition.. It still makes me cringe. :(
>>
>> On 10/9/09, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Must say I never had enough money to have more that 521M RAM on my
>> Win9[5|8]
>> > computers.
>> > WMM
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:24 PM, J. D. <jdonline at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> a jam was made using nothing but sounds from windows 98 and xp...
>> >>
>> >> http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1802740
>> >>
>> >> When it comes to the win9x kernel it gets very personal with me. After
>> my
>> >> experience with its lack of stability I ran windows nt4.0 all the way
>> >> until
>> >> windows 2000 came out. It had issues too but far less than windows nt.
>> At
>> >> least there was a device manager.
>> >>
>> >> Did you know the win9x kernel would blue screen with more than 512mb of
>> >> ram? Also it was recommended to reboot your win9x system every day to
>> >> protect from memory leaks and other stability issues. Win9x was
>> >> microsoft's
>> >> poorest excuse for a kernel and winME is included in the umbrella
>> except
>> >> without the DOS support. I believe millennium is in the top list of
>> worst
>> >> software.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> J. D.
>> >>
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