Re: OT;W98 popularity

From: Garamond <g@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:59:11 +0200

Jim Yanik:

Can someone tell me why people on Ebay are bidding over $50 USD for Windows 98SE? (Besides the usual auction fever.)
Why are people willing to pay so much for a really old op system?

Since microsoft doesn't have a newer sytem released.
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