NODE 5d2253d1Re: S-Tools 4 now available
Matts Kallioniemi <matts@pi.se>Sat, 18 May 1996 04:34:11 +0800
At 17:41 1996-05-13 CST, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
>> You will need either Windows 95 or Windows NT (at least v3.51) to use
>> this, and all further releases of S-Tools (Win32s is not sufficient).
><sigh>
>I suppose this is market pressure, but it means you are alienating a
>number of potential users (including myself). Some of us are working
>toward being Microsoft-free, you know.
It's not just marketing, it's a fact of life. 16 bit operating systems are not
supported any more. Just as 8 bit OSes haven't been supported for quite
a while either. There will come a day when 64 bits are considered the
minimum for useful software (large database systems are already there).
You just can't stick with 16 bits forever, MS-free or not. Face it.
Matts
NODE b137383cRe: S-Tools 4 now available
Robin Powell <rpowell@algorithmics.com>Sat, 18 May 1996 20:12:22 +0800
>>>>> Matts Kallioniemi <matts@pi.se> writes:
> It's not just marketing, it's a fact of life. 16 bit operating systems are not
> supported any more. Just as 8 bit OSes haven't been supported for quite
> a while either. There will come a day when 64 bits are considered the
> minimum for useful software (large database systems are already there).
> You just can't stick with 16 bits forever, MS-free or not. Face it.
EXCUSE ME? I hate all MS products. I run my Amiga 3000. My OS has
been 32-bit since nineteen eighty fucking nine! Stick that in your
pipe and smoke it.
-Robin
NODE 19aff989Re: S-Tools 4 now available
C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@fahlgren.com>Sat, 18 May 1996 23:38:22 +0800
>>>>> "Matts" == Matts Kallioniemi <matts@pi.se> writes:
Matts> At 17:41 1996-05-13 CST, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
>> <sigh> I suppose this is market pressure, but it means you are
>> alienating a number of potential users (including myself). Some of
>> us are working toward being Microsoft-free, you know.
Matts> It's not just marketing, it's a fact of life. 16 bit operating
Matts> systems are not supported any more. Just as 8 bit OSes haven't
Matts> been supported for quite a while either. There will come a day
Matts> when 64 bits are considered the minimum for useful software
Matts> (large database systems are already there).
Matts> You just can't stick with 16 bits forever, MS-free or not. Face
Matts> it.
What does being MS-Free have to do with 16-bit operating systems? I'm
another MS-free potential user, and I'm always in either 32 or 64-bit
land.
Live free or die.
C Matthew Curtin Just Another Hacker
http://users1.ee.net/cmcurtin/ PGP Public Key ID: cmcurtin@ee.net