I wasn't advocating a boycott or anything like that. I was just hoping
that maybe the silent majority would rumble and grumble a little <grin>
via the MS newsgroups or direct email.
I've seen some articles that mentioned Internet connection sharing, but
they are extremely vague with no details at all.
Are there any Beta testers out there that have implemented this feature?
What other "new technology" has been incorporated (excluding driver
updates)?
From what I've read in the "press", the 98SE package is:
Win98 original (which is now being called 98 GOLD)
<giggle><chuckle>
IE5 (a free download)
OE5(included in the IE5 free download)
FP Express 2.0 (also included in the IE5 free download)
this Internet sharing thing
and the Service Pack 1
(which originally was supposed to be available via the
winupdate website, but will not be a free download now).
If you will recall, when 98 first came out, everyone complained that many
of the 95 problems still existed and MS announced that they would release
an SP in the summer of 98, which promptly slipped to the fall of 98, which
then slipped to the end of the year, and now.......
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>
> I doubt if any kind of boycott would work since they will always have
> people like me who have not yet upgraded to Windows 98 because we knew
this
> was going to happen and have been waiting to buy the version that has
the
> bug fixes in it.
> Actually, what has sold me on it is the promised inclusion of software
to
> share an ISP on a network, not the bug fixes.
>
> At 05:24 PM 4/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Microsoft is now planning on SELLING us the bug fixes. There will not
be
> >a free service pack to repair the problems with windows98. The "new"
(and
> >I use that term VERY loosely) Windows 98 Second Edition (or 98SE) is
> >supposed to have a retail price of $89US
>
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