In news:31qv35djlhdhnb72aontlc6j8ki6952keh@4ax.com,
AJL typed on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:08:40 -0700:
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>> If you were a software developer,
>> why would you write software just for Vista
>
> Exactly.
>
> Developers try to write software for the biggest user base. That way
> they can sell more software and make more money. But there comes a
> time when the expense of making software backwards compatible with old
> OSs no longer makes economic sense. In most cases that's long before
> an OS is 10 years old.
>
>> when it isn't hard to make it Windows XP SP2 compatible too?
>
> Exactly.
>
> Much new software now requires at least XP SP2.
> XP SP2 is only *5* years old...

Trust me. Windows 2000/XP is far different than any other OS before it.
And it is going to be here for sometime to come. Longer than any Windows
version before it and possibly after it.

> BTW I remember having a similar discussion in the Palm Pilot groups
> about 5 years ago about the coming demise of the Palm OS.
> So far I'm 1 for 1... ;)

When Windows CE came out, I saw Palm OS days numered. Although I didn't
see Windows CE dying off so soon. Microsoft should have created a
generic version for netbooks too. But Microsoft doesn't listen to me
anyway. lol

>> Well they [MS] have to come up with something [W7 basic] for
>> netbooks.
>
> When launched I predict that W7 basic will immediately take a
> commanding lead in netbook sales. I further predict that XP will take
> cliff dive in netbook sales. Well, that last prediction is kind of a
> 'duh' statement since MS will have stopped netbook XP sales. In any
> case if you don't believe my predictions you're welcome to come over
> and check my crystal balls... 8-O

Well I haven't seen W7 yet. So I can't say very much. But 4G netbooks
can't even handle XP with SP3. There just isn't enough disk space to
pull it off. You need at least 5G and I believe I saw the temps eating
7G before it finished.

--
Bill
Windows 2000 SP4
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC