>The issue of preservation of older software, especially games, is a big
>deal now. The US Copyright Office recently had a call for comments on
>'abandonware' and what it means and how the current law applies. The
>definition of 'abandonware' is also in flux. Mostly it means software where
>the copyright owner is gone or the software is no longer supported, and in
>order to preserve it, various extra-legal measures need to be taken
>(including reverse-engineering and breaking protection schemes).
>
>It's a concern, even if not yet in Finale's case.
Why not? They most certainly do not support 1.0 anymore.
>(Is my Windows 2.2 version still supported?)
Of course not. Windows 95 is no longer supported.
Windows 98 might be not supported, either, but I am not sure about that.
One thing to be said in Microsoft's favor is the new OSes, since I got Finale 3.7 on Win3.1, have all supported older programs.
I have upgraded from Win 3.1 to Win95, Win98, Win98SE, Win98ME, Win2K and WinXP with SP1, SP2 and have had zero problems running Finale 3.7
I suspect it will stop working on Longhorn, but I already have a computer specifically set up with Win98 just to run my scanner, not a Microsoft problem, but a "lack of driver" problem directly attributable to the scanner manufacturer who decided not to make an "NT" driver.
I'll just put Finale on this older computer.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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