You misunderstand the concept here. Operating systems move on and
become
more sophisticated. Most good ones move the software writers along
with
them. The users buy new versions which take advantage of the new
facilities and the whole system moves forward.
If you continually make the
You misunderstand the concept here. Operating systems move on and become
more sophisticated. Most good ones move the software writers along with
them. The users buy new versions which take advantage of the new
facilities and the whole system moves forward.
If you continually make the
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], George
Gwilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Also it is not the function of a
new
O/S to be backwardly compatible.
I would be horrified if I thought that any of my programs would stop
working on new versions of SMSQE. To that extent I would hope for
example that any of
On 9 Apr 2007, at 23:20, Roy wood wrote:
I know you're very keen on Windows, Roy, but you're missing the
point ... and this a point which applied (to some extent) to SMSQ. An
operating system is just there to run your applications and manage
your
files. It's the job of the creator of a
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Not if the rest of the spelling in your email is anything to go by!!!
I suspect that I'll never be a wizard, I'm not very good at spelling!
Cheers,
Norman.
PS. I just thought, Roy Wood and Wizard - I'll bet you've never heard that one
before - so apologies, but it
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McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 18:44 +0100, Roy Wood wrote:
In all fairness here this is not a M$ problem but sheer laziness on the
part of the companies concerned.
I know you're very keen on Windows, Roy, but you're missing the
point
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SNIP
Oh yes, and maybe they
want to sell you a new Web Cam, Video Card, Sound Card, USB coffee
heater which does have Vista drivers. Cynical, me?
I teach cynicism (I'm just not very good at spelling it !) so I suepct
I might be better
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Vista is just a glorified Windows 95 - it's vastly expensive, it under
performns, it requires a huge investment in hardware and provides nothing
much in return. Stick with XP if you have
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 18:44 +0100, Roy Wood wrote:
In all fairness here this is not a M$ problem but sheer laziness on the
part of the companies concerned.
I know you're very keen on Windows, Roy, but you're missing the
point ... and this a point which applied (to some extent) to SMSQ. An
David McCann wrote:
I know you're very keen on Windows, Roy, but you're missing the
point ... and this a point which applied (to some extent) to SMSQ. An
operating system is just there to run your applications and manage your
files. It's the job of the creator of a new version to make sure
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Vista is just a glorified Windows 95 - it's vastly expensive, it
under performns, it requires a huge investment in hardware and
provides nothing much in return. Stick
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In all fairness here this is not a M$ problem but sheer laziness on the
part of the companies concerned. Vista was available as a free time
expired beta version for over a year.
Clip
Oh yes, and maybe they
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David
McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 18:44 +0100, Roy Wood wrote:
In all fairness here this is not a M$ problem but sheer laziness on the
part of the companies concerned.
To give M$ credit they are the market leader for PC's, so it up to
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David
McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
I've just had an email from Tiscali:
The introduction of Windows Vista has caused some problems throughout
the industry. These are due due to incompatibility issues with other
software. If you are upgrading to Vista there
What benefits does a QL have over a Spectrum?
Great fun for people who enjoy programming. It's simple enough to
understand (unlike the PC or Mac) but powerful enough to do something
interesting (unlike the old home computers). I remember my triumph in
producing a very small machine-code program
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