Stephen you're misreading the information on that link. MS still supports win2k they just don't sell NEW oem licences, that's a big difference. If and when they try to discontinue support, expect some serious legal reprecusions.
They support it for good reason, if they don't do so (at least until vista if firmly entrenched in other ways) they will loose a lot of customers for vista as some folk will punt to other os's.
From my standpoint. I'll upgrade from 2000 when there is a reason to
that depends on operating system improvements, not it's ability as a MS marketing tool. What in the flash IDE should require xp? Nothing.
From Adobe's standpoint, this is the ballgame. Can MS force folk to
upgrade to vista, or can the internet continue to make what OS you use increasingly irrelevant. To follow the "force folk to upgrade" line is the worst thing they could do for their entire line of products. If win2k users have to upgrade to vista in order to use simple apps like the flash ide (because they will continue to refuse to upgrade to xp) then you basically give up half the battle, accelerate vistas growth, and increase the chances of MS success at keeping the internet from becoming the operating system. _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
