Microsoft Pulls Plug for Support on NT4

Microsoft Pulls Plug for Support on NT4 611

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:04AM from the being-put-out-to-pasture dept.

seymansey writes "According to Neowin.net and News.com, Microsoft has apparently announced that as of the end of June, support for the now aging NT4 OS will be pulled. NT4 Server users have until the end of 2004 for support. Windows 98 users will be the next on the list for axed support too. Of course, Microsoft will still provide its knowledge base, but we wont see any more patches, etc. developed for the OS. After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go."

Microsoft Pulls Plug for Support on NT4

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After we finally got the thing stable.... (Score:5, Funny)

by 5.11Climber ( 578513 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:06AM (#6309830)

they're going to pull the plug! Damn!

About damn time! (Score:3, Funny)

by w.p.richardson ( 218394 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:06AM (#6309833) Homepage

I still have to use NT 4 at work. It sucks to have to sync my Palm Pilot with a serial cradle! Yay 1987!

Possible (Score:5, Funny)

by pasi ( 518572 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:07AM (#6309843) Homepage

And now Microsoft will turn it to Open Software so volunteers can start an own fork of it and continue deveploving it. .. and will win eurovision song contest and soccer world championship. And SCO will be popular again.

OR, then not.

After 7 years... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:08AM (#6309847)

It is kind of sad to see Linux kernel series 1.99 go.

Oh Well... (Score:5, Funny)

by deadlinegrunt ( 520160 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:13AM (#6309869) Homepage Journal

I dropped support for Microsoft too.

Pulling support? (Score:5, Funny)

by DarklordSatin ( 592675 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:17AM (#6309885) Homepage

That's funny, there hasn't been a patch for NT4 in a very long time. What support is it that they're not going to be providing anymore.

Whither WINE? (Score:1, Funny)

by LinuxParanoid ( 64467 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:17AM (#6309889) Homepage Journal

The big question is this, which happens faster? Wine [winehq.com] can support any app for a given MS OS, or MS declares the OS so obsolete and unused that nobody uses it?

--LP, who drank his first Wine about a decade ago

Re:After we finally got the thing stable.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:28AM (#6309956)

coincidence that Strom died the same day they "pulled the plug"? Conclusion = Strom was actually the world's most advanced NT cluster.

Re:Pulling support? No.. pulling LipService... (Score:3, Funny)

by jkrise ( 535370 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:32AM (#6309981) Journal

"What support is it that they're not going to be providing anymore?"

LipService!(TM). Beginning today, MS **will stop** saying that NT4 is affected by a worm or virus. They **will stop** using it in comparisons and benchmarks. They **will stop** Subscription (dis)Advantage programs for NT4 - you will have to pay $200 to get into WinXP Prof and then get the support.

All in all, MS **will stop** making quality software like good ol' NT4.

Warning: LipService will be avbl for versions above Win2K only!

Re:Even more Microsoft sympathy? (Score:1, Funny)

by Hellraisr ( 305322 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:35AM (#6310003)

Or part of their advertising agreement with Microsoft (as /. is covered in .net ads) is that they can't post negative stories about them anymore. ;)

Ummmm (Score:5, Funny)

by AntEater ( 16627 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:44AM (#6310065) Homepage

"After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go."

7 years ago, it was kind of sad to see NT4 coming.

Kind of sad? (Score:3, Funny)

by Soulfader ( 527299 ) writes: <sigspace.gmail@com> on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:52AM (#6310114) Journal

After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go.
Hmm, you haven't actually used NT4 lately, have you? =)

windows nt, abomination, dead at 7 (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:55AM (#6310137)

I just read some sad news on Slashdot - administrators' favourite excuse Windows NT was found dead in its Redmond site this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to headache culture. Truly a Microsoft icon.

(generated by this [majoros.net])

Re:So let me get this straight (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:55AM (#6310140)

Okay, that's enough Bill.

And tell John Chambers to stay away from the keyboard as well. There is already enough Cisco equipment in circulation to give every automobile in America it's own router. Check Ebay every once in a while...

Re:sad to see it go? (Score:2, Funny)

by sh4de ( 93527 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @08:56AM (#6310149)

to replace NT and the like for the future-> XP,

longthorn, etc.

(Emphasis mine)

A subliminal typo mb mb?

Have I got something for you... (Score:5, Funny)

by gosand ( 234100 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @09:22AM (#6310349)

After we finally got the thing stable.... they're going to pull the plug! Damn!
You got it stable? Yeah, and I have a magic-box powered Delorean I'd like to sell you.

Re:We still have NT4 servers... (Score:5, Funny)

by Surak ( 18578 ) * writes: <surakNO@SPAMmailblocks.com> on Friday June 27, 2003 @09:35AM (#6310459) Homepage Journal

You don't get the nifty collaboration features that Outlook has. Group calendaring, group task lists. It's nice, for instance, to be able check your boss's meeting schedule so you can fit in that Quake III Arena deathmatch. ;)

Re:What a patronizing dweeb. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @10:28AM (#6310952)

NT was one of the first efforts by Microsoft to create a real operating system acknowledging that not all PCs are simple consumer devices

Then how come it didn't have plug and play support?

Re:We still have NT4 servers... (Score:3, Funny)

by EvilTwinSkippy ( 112490 ) writes: <yoda AT etoyoc DOT com> on Friday June 27, 2003 @11:04AM (#6311326) Homepage Journal

Interesting. When Microsoft stops supporting an OS after 7 years, it is irresponsible. When RedHat does it after 2 or 3, it is just hunky dory.
RedHat? Hell I run Gentoo.
And the major reason is that I got sick of reinstalling the OS every 9 months to stay up2date on all the packages.
(Flashback)...

rpm -Uvh glibc-whateverversion.rpm >> Sorry bub, need RPM version 4 rpm -Uvh rpm-versionwhatever.rpm >> Sorry bub, need glibc-whateverversion rpm -Uvh glibc-whateverversion.rpm pm-versionwhatever.rpm >> Well I'd do that, but that would break the following packages: >> (Just about everything you have installed) rpm -Uvh * >> Sorry bub, need RPM version 4

Re:So let me get this straight (Score:3, Funny)

by Arandir ( 19206 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @02:01PM (#6312994) Homepage Journal

it's advocating homogeneous networks. Which is sound advice.

Down with those homos! Heterogeny forever!

Here's a Kleenex (Score:3, Funny)

by writertype ( 541679 ) writes: on Friday June 27, 2003 @02:01PM (#6312995)

it's kind of sad to see NT4 go."
You need a pet.

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After we finally got the thing stable.... (Score:5, Funny)

About damn time! (Score:3, Funny)

Possible (Score:5, Funny)

After 7 years... (Score:3, Funny)

Oh Well... (Score:5, Funny)

Pulling support? (Score:5, Funny)

Whither WINE? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:After we finally got the thing stable.... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Pulling support? No.. pulling LipService... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Even more Microsoft sympathy? (Score:1, Funny)

Ummmm (Score:5, Funny)

Kind of sad? (Score:3, Funny)

windows nt, abomination, dead at 7 (Score:0, Funny)

Re:So let me get this straight (Score:0, Funny)

Re:sad to see it go? (Score:2, Funny)

Have I got something for you... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:We still have NT4 servers... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What a patronizing dweeb. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:We still have NT4 servers... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:So let me get this straight (Score:3, Funny)

Here's a Kleenex (Score:3, Funny)

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