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Microsoft users can expect to pay more for support services now that Bill Gates has decreed that every part of his empire should make a profit, writes Martin Butler

Microsoft's recently announced changes to its support services bring down the curtain on Windows 98. Support for Windows 95 has already been withdrawn, and support for Windows 98 will end in June n...

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