From Lockergnome:
Windows Desktop Product Life Cycle Support and Availability Policies for Consumers
Microsoft has quietly extended the support period for Win98 to Jan 16 2004 from Jun 30 2003 and has also pushed back the product's "end of life" date to Jan 16 2005. (Peter) [Lockergnome Bytes]
This is actually a good thing. I think I'm running 98 on the last intel box I have. I still haven't made the jump to xp or NT. Mostly because I rarely use it these days, but also because I have no idea if it will work on the machine I have. I guess I should give it a try eventually.