[44375] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: win95 and IEAK6.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Muldoon)
Wed Nov 21 15:26:40 2001
From: "Patrick Muldoon" <doon@inoc.net>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:25:45 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Joshua Coombs
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:08 PM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: win95 and IEAK6.0
>
>
> While it may be sooner than some would like, I've no qualms with
> Microsoft cutting off older versions of software. Just think how
> much smoother and stabler Win95 could have been if MS bit the bullet
and
> dumped DOS/win 3.1 support?
>
> In any case, why do your customers HAVE to use the latest IEAK package
> to connect to your service? Is it not possible to keep older versions
> on hand for older systems?
I believe in the Microsoft Liscense for the IEAK. That when a new
version is released you MUST upgrade to it in a reasonable amount of
time. I am not sure about the exact wording as it has been a while
since I messed with the IEAK.
-Patrick
--
Patrick Muldoon, Network/Software Engineer
INOC, LLC
doon@inoc.net
I am still waiting for the advent of the computer science groupie.
>
> Joshua Coombs
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