| Re: XP is a snake in the grass
Mr.G wrote:
> On Feb 22, 12:04 pm, Bob I <bire...******.com> wrote:
>
>>Ron Martell wrote:
>>
>>>"Mr.G" <goo...@netzero.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>xp is not downward compatable it has programers making stupid
>>>>dicisions about leaving the million or so 98 users. (most of these
>>>>computers are in third world countries who got them from help
>>>>groups!!! XP IS A SNAKE IN THE GRASS !!!
>>
>>>XP does support most Windows 98 programs, and also lots of even older
>>>stuff. I even run some programs written for Windows 3.x under XP with
>>>no problems.
>>
>>>Where older programs do have problems running under Windows XP it is
>>>often because the authors of those programs used "cute programmers
>>>tricks" such as bypassing the operating system function calls and
>>>instead accessing the hardware directly. This was not recommended
>>>practice for Windows 98 but it did work. However in Windows XP it is
>>>totally prohibited, and programs that do these kind of things will
>>>crash and burn.
>>
>>>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>>
>>No the guy is whining about the programs written for XP won't run on
>>Windows 98.
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>
>
> RIGHT ON!!! listen MS is the only software company that makes up
> grades to it's software and calls it an entirely different name and
> charges you like it's a new product. That's one of the reasons they
> hauled their ass into court and brought them up on monopoly charges. I
> can go on and on about how they hurt the programers in this country.
>
YAWN.
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