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RE: [OT]: Spot poll: pre-win95 and pre-pentium

• Posted by "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Feb 03, 2004
• 499 views

> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. K. Lester [mailto:euphoric at cklester.com]
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Spot poll: pre-win95 and pre-pentium
>
>
>
> Kat wrote:
>
> >>The machine on which I do most Eu developments is a Cyeix-686 with
> >>Win 3.1, but I use it under DOS 6.2 most of the time.
> >>
> >>
> >See:
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5151137.html?tag=nefd_lede
> >
> >
> Kat, I saw that article just this morning... it makes me wonder if
> developers should really be worried about developing for the
> next gen or
> if we can take our time and work with the earlier
> technologies. I mean,
> how much of a market share does WinXP really have vs. other
> versions of
> Windows? Where can we find the "most accurate esimate" of
> market share
> figures for all operating systems? :)

I thought that too - but what a pain! There are too many variants now, in
both the Windows and *nix worlds.

On the other hand, the article made me also think that a *real* cut down
version of the Windows XP product for the home (non-professional) market
would be a seller - if it used a smaller hardware set than XP current
demands. The current 'home' version is still way too big for machines
purchased 2-3 years ago.

> Go Linux! Go FreeBSD! Go OSX! Go away Windows!

Go AmigaDOS!

--
Derek