We have junked well over 100 machines that shipped with Windows 95 pre-installed.

We have replaced a lot of older computers and I think our lowest powered desktop is a 233, which does everything the user needs it to do just fine. The cost of replacing that app is well over half a million USD. We have a single business critical legacy app that won’t run in NT/2K/XP. I am a System Administrator for a company with over 100 desktops, most of which run Windows 95, with some on 98, several run “other” (OS/2, DOS, QNX, Linux, W2K, XP). Ater all, you are in the right town for the way your mind is working. If you want to be like Windows, why not simple get a license and sell Windows. Lycoris, your OS is what needs the “Upgrade.” Upgrade to KDE 3.1, throw in CrossOver Office, Apt-get or something, and few other updates and then make an offer to sell at a reasonable price and maybe you will be taken seriously. Then again, maybe they want to corner the market on the used Windows OS CD’s? But it sounds like Bayerwerke (earlier post) already did that. It’s likely you might need that Windows CD to straighten up a problem with your install while waiting for your new “Upgrade OS.” ( -)

Why not just offer Lycoris “OS” for twenty-bucks and be done with the foolduggery of sending in, confirming the Windows CD as installable, and then sending back to the customer the Lycoris “Upgrade OS?” What a hassle. If one has a extra Win95 or something laying around, $20-bucks is probably not a bad deal for boxed OS, that is, if it were an up-to-date OS. They might need the Windows disk to maintain a dual-boot. Who will trade in there Windows OS if they need to run a program not ported to Linux (yet). On one hand, I commend Lycoris for having the ba!!s to believe they can replace Windows with there “OS,” but on the other hand, until they can offer an OS that will replace or run the programs people need Windows to run, it seems like it will be a hard sale.

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