OpenEuphoria

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

• Posted by Philip Deets <philip1987 at hotmail.com> Feb 03, 2004
• 500 views

euphoric wrote:
> 
> 
> 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? :)
> 
> Go Linux! Go FreeBSD! Go OSX! Go away Windows!
> 
Can you give me some good reasons for why I should even consider an OS 
other than the Windows XP Pro SP1 like I have?  OK, I might have 
considered Home edition, but what about the others.

Why do I keep imagining a bull goring a penguin?

Phil

P.S. In case you didn't catch on to that last statement, I'm refering to 
Windows Longhorn and Linux.