On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:17:53 +0900, dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise
Bremner) wrote:

>> I hate to say this, but an upgrade is in order...Win98 will soon not
>> be supported my Micro$oft, and the security features, 16bit code and
>> other legacy applications make the platform inherently unstable.
>
>I'm trying to keep down to my clients, because there often I can't read
>the floppies they give me and I can't work out why they sometimes can't
>read the files I send them... 

You're using a Mac, right?  Then again, I like to think like this:
Windows has nearly 16 million lines of code.  If you think about it,
we're lucky it runs at all.

>I dread to think what will happen when they decide to change their setup
>again (they've only recently switched from WordPerfect to Whirred).

Microsoft Turd has a decent help/conversion system for older users of
WordPerfect...it can even use the same navi keys.  StarOffice also has
advantages, namely that it was free, dunno 'bout now.
>
>> If you upgraded to Win2K or XP, u would find your applications and
>> life running much smoother. 
>
>I do not intend to do much, if any, work on a Doze machine. I just need
>to get this overweight floppy converter to run.

Richard Simmons might help on the weight equation.  He could also help
decorate your desktop in mauve and even make the infamous Shuji of Old
smile.  Indeed, if you ever thought you had a bad hair day, look to
Richard.

Wait, this thread was about Windows and crashing.  And cough syrup,
dammit.  Ahh, ye old group again, so much traffic before, so little
time, but have to dip in once in awhile.

-mogura