Win98 threads

[Anand B Pillai]

Does pyhton not support the 'threading' module in Windows 98. I find that
the Thread  class in the threading module does not work very well on Windows 98.
Most of the time it does not call the thread target. 

Also os.name returns 'nt' on Win 98. How can I identify the correct OS
name if I need to take care of it in my program (to tell it not to use the
Thread class on Win 98 for example).

Thanks

Anand Pillai