RE: V5R2 and Netserver and Win 98

Thanks for the info John, it is very useful.
We are on Win98.  Reason is we have some 3rd party
Client PC packages that dont work on W2000 nor XP. We
are trying to get upgrades but it is not so easy.
Many reasons, costs, 3rd party no longer exists,
new version does not meet requirements, new version
meets requirements but is much effort to shoe horn into
our existing stuff etc. etc.
PCs are a blessing and a curse.

Frank Kolmann

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date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:47:05 -0600
from: "Jones, John (US)" <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: V5R2 and Netserver and Win 98

Frank,

No one should be supporting 95 any more because MS, IIRC, has stopped
supporting it.  That is, I believe, why IBM dropped support for 95.
>From a technology standpoint, Netserver is Netserver.  It will still
work.  IBM just won't support you if you encounter any problems using it
with 95.

Still, I would strongly recommend getting off 95 as it is definitely the
weakest MS OS in terms of stability, security, hardware support, and
just about everything else.  While 98 works fine, would you really want
to upgrade to a 5 year old OS that's already seen two upgrades?  I would
recommend either 2000SP3 or XP Pro SP1.  Generally, if your hardware is
recent and you can live with Product Activation, I'd recommend XP over
2000; otherwise stick with 2000.

John