On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:53:48 -0800 Facility 406 <facility_...@bruteforcedevelopment.com> wrote:
> Microsoft giving up support on one piece/aspect of their software has > nothing to do with who is still using it, how, why, or something > similar. >From the point of view of the FreeDV project it does matter, but of course people are fully entitled to maintain their own versions to meet their own requirements. That's what Free Software is all about. The issue of vendor support is important where internet-connected computers are concerned, it's not a good idea to encourage use of devices with known security vulnerabilities in such an environment. Older MS OS versions are notoriously vulnerable. Remember that given finite resources every additional task takes effort away from improvements. Mooneer has again produced an excellent release with lots of very visible improvements and new features. I too would like to see systems with rapid program execution and efficient coding, but I suspect the truth is that ship has sailed in favour of the current situation for most of us. I somehow doubt that Woz could design a 4K graphics system with GUI, multi-processor and windowing software support using 74 series TTL chips these days. -- Brian G8SEZ _______________________________________________ Freetel-codec2 mailing list Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2
