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re: Upgrading to Second Edition Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 6:37 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) asul43 wrote: |Does anyone know were I can download SE |as some of my pending-to-buy software requires SE too? It's interesting that you are prepared to BUY *application* programs but it appears you think that you can get the Microsoft product for free. If they had called it "Windows 99" would that change your thinking? http://search.pricewatch.com/software_oper_system/windows_98-0.htm If you want software that doesn't cost you anything, look into Linux. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Upgrading to Second Edition Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 9:36 am Posted by dantheman (3 messages posted) gee gewg there really expensive i would tell you a better way but we not allowed to tell you in this fourms i think so sorry its is shame that those people are ripping people off [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Upgrading to Second Edition Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 1:35 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) dantheman wrote: [G]ee[,] gewg[,] [they're] really expensive[.] |[I] would tell you a better way but we not allowed to tell you in this fourms[,] |[I] think[.] [S]o sorry[.] | |[It] is [a] shame that those people are ripping people off[.] We may quibble about whether abandonware should carry _any_ price, but, in general, people who *choose* to use payware should expect to pay for that. That said, anyone with a BitTorrent client can evade most Intellectual Property laws. These days, however, it's possible to get a BETTER operating system completely FREE **without** violating any laws: cache of https://shipit.kubuntu.org/ ...and (unlike the M$ junk), the numerous variants (aka "distros") of that OS *come* with a scad of applications which are also Free Software. ...and, aside from the huge array of included FREE desktop apps, e.g. cache of http://www.geocities.com/firsttimelinux/trying_it_out/applications.html cache of http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Look-KNOPPIX-5-3-0-80626.shtml as well as the powerful and fundamental GNU tools, cache of http://www.gnu.org#content the mountains of useful apps that aren't *already* included on the CD[1] cache of http://process-history.co.uk/osswin.htm#graphics can be found, downloaded, installed, and updated very simply. cache of http://wirelessmike.blogspot.com/2005/02/ubuntu-its-all-about-repositories.html ...and your FREE OS will still run most of your old Windoze-compatible apps: http://www.google.com/search?q=WineHQ In short, paying to jump thru the M$ hoops (or doing things that break laws) to get an ancient closed-source payware OS seems pretty foolish when a modern FREE equivalent is readily available. [1] That link also shows that you can even run Free Software apps under Windoze to prepare for the transition to a Free Software OS. There's even a Linux-like tool to make it easy --and to prepare you for the ease of getting Free Software apps under Linux. cache of http://windows-get.sourceforge.net [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum