Re: [OT]: Spot poll: pre-win95 and pre-pentium
On 2 Feb 2004, at 13:38, C. K. Lester wrote:
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> Kat wrote:
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> >>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.
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> >See:
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5151137.html?tag=nefd_lede
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> 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? :)
Win9x has more share than winxp still, especially with well established long-
term businesses, and they aren't likely to install new buggy OSs. Some
research with businesses who have been around 5 years show most still
have 40% in win9x boxes that they do not plan on downgrading to newer M$
OSs.
> Go Linux! Go FreeBSD! Go OSX! Go away Windows!
That's what M$ is worried about, if the older customers do upgrade...., why
would they wanna pay for new M$ bugs when they can get fewer bugs for
fewer dollars with *nix or Apple?
Kat
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