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Originally posted by murfster

They haven't forgot, they are just rightly moving on.

They're not rightly moving on. Win2k is only about 2 years old, it's unfair to expect me to pay ?100 for a new version when Win2k is still barely middleaged IMHO.

Just because it says right on their site doesn't mean it's right. They built those guidelines around the idea that a new OS takes about 2/3 years to make, rather than releasing a new OS every 2/3 years because it seems right. Every 5 years would be OK as long as they are willing to release occasional essential updates to maintain compatibility. However, that's not as profitable. Understandable, they're not a charity, but they should still acknowledge some people can't/don't want to change as soon as their wallet's aren't as full.

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They're not rightly moving on. Win2k is only about 2 years old, it's unfair to expect me to pay ?100 for a new version when Win2k is still barely middleaged IMHO. ...snip...>

OK, I regress. My thoughts were mainly on the line of 95/98/98SE. Not so much ME (ewww) or W2K (which ILOVE> for my server). But, jeez, I am not going to have my developers spending any more time on DOS based API's or DLL's just for 95/98/ME compatability. I am going to go out on a limb and say that most companies will not either.

We are moving on with new programming technologies that the DOS based OS's can't handle (COM, COM+, C#...etc...). These are very powerful and very beneficial to the computing industry. W2K and WXP can handle them just fine...with XP getting the nod because it will be the computing standard for home and business.

Look at it this way: I can develop on a single platform now. I don't have to develop one for a robust system (NT4, W2K, XP) and another for a DOS based system (95/98/ME). It makes more sense development wise.

Now new apps (and more importantly...new GAMES) will run on your systems. You don't have to worry about new games not running on your NT based systems. They will (you noticed I put in future tense).

...and that is IMHO...:DD

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They haven't forgot, they are just rightly moving on. Take a look: Windows Desktop Product Lifecycle Guidelines

I've been getting the same problem with my IE 6 on Windows 98 SE running the same site! Mind ya, the Windows Update in XP looks different than in Windows 98 SE!

See from the point from the above quote ?

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