Re: [twuug] [Fwd: [Security Announce] ANNOUNCEMENT: End of life product policy]

["Mark A.Davis" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:35:24 -0500
"Ethan O'Toole" <ethan@757tech.net> wrote:

> > As for MS not releasing anywhere near as often... Thank God too... can
> > you imagine the naming?  "Windows 95 and two thirds"  "Windows 96 and
> > one third" "Windows 2001 and three thirds"....
> > Or perhaps "Windows 1999.33333"?
> 
> Did you know they named it 95 for one reason? To make it seem outdated
> after that year. Some sorta psycological thing. The idea being that
> people would feel outdated in 1996, so when 1998 came out 95 seemed way
> old.

Oh, I knew exactly that when they named it.  Typical marketing slime.

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