catilley1092
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Today, I upgraded my Firefox 11.0 to 12.0 on Windows 2000, & got a warning. That there will be no more support or updates for FF 12 on the OS. Users who wants updates must stick with FF 11 or lower. And that users should upgrade to Windows 7. Or if these users wants to keep a modern browser, switch to Opera. WTH is this from an open source corporation?
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To be honest, this came as a surprise to me. Mozilla has always been open source, based upon freedom of choice, & this has been their motto for years. Now they're in on the upgrade wagon along with Google. I expected it from Google, not Mozilla.
Fortunately, there are many more corporations that fully supports Windows 2000, ESET is one of them, allowing their flagship security, ESET Smart Security 5, to continue to run on the OS. This is good, because Win 2K has no built in firewall, like XP SP2 & above has. There are also many other software choices still available for the OS to keep it going, some free, some paid.
Although Windows 2000 users may indeed makes for only one half of one percent of Windows users (in the US), that still equates to a few million users. Not to mention in some Asian countries, the usage numbers are higher, surprisingly so in a very modern Japan. In that country, over 130,000 servers & 500,000 PC's in local governments are affected, many can't fund a replacement for the OS.
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Win 2K users are still OK for now, but the long term future isn't looking good for the OS. Probably by the time that XP support ends, 2K will be dropped altogether, still that's almost 4 years after MS dumped the OS. At least MS wasn't trying to kill 2K the way they are XP right now (while in support), with nearly 2 years of support left.
As long as there's major AV/IS suites still supporting the OS, as well as MBAM Pro, it's still good & safe to use. After all, one is only safe as their security is, whether it's Windows 2000 or Windows 7.
Cat
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To be honest, this came as a surprise to me. Mozilla has always been open source, based upon freedom of choice, & this has been their motto for years. Now they're in on the upgrade wagon along with Google. I expected it from Google, not Mozilla.
Fortunately, there are many more corporations that fully supports Windows 2000, ESET is one of them, allowing their flagship security, ESET Smart Security 5, to continue to run on the OS. This is good, because Win 2K has no built in firewall, like XP SP2 & above has. There are also many other software choices still available for the OS to keep it going, some free, some paid.
Although Windows 2000 users may indeed makes for only one half of one percent of Windows users (in the US), that still equates to a few million users. Not to mention in some Asian countries, the usage numbers are higher, surprisingly so in a very modern Japan. In that country, over 130,000 servers & 500,000 PC's in local governments are affected, many can't fund a replacement for the OS.
Windows 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Win 2K users are still OK for now, but the long term future isn't looking good for the OS. Probably by the time that XP support ends, 2K will be dropped altogether, still that's almost 4 years after MS dumped the OS. At least MS wasn't trying to kill 2K the way they are XP right now (while in support), with nearly 2 years of support left.
As long as there's major AV/IS suites still supporting the OS, as well as MBAM Pro, it's still good & safe to use. After all, one is only safe as their security is, whether it's Windows 2000 or Windows 7.
Cat