RE: V5R2 and Netserver and Win 98

["Jones, John (US)" <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank.Kolmann@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Frank.Kolmann@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:36 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: V5R2 and Netserver and Win 98


I was reading the V5R2 upgrade blurb and saw
IBM has withdrawn support for Netserver on WIN95 PCs under V5R2. Does
anyone know if Win98 PCs will be recognised by Netserver on V5R2, or do
I have to go to W2000. If I have to go to Win2000 is it better to go to
WinNT or even XP proff.

TIA
Frank Kolmann


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