That would be because he's probably not much interested in Game Cube or Wii
games.
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Kenny" <alexkenn...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf
Hi Dark,
Before you make that argument, you should probably do a bit of
research. Windows 7 includes Windows XP mode, which is a licensed,
virtual copy of Windows XP. This should solve any problems with
software compatibility that might exist between the two operating
systems.
To answer your second point, that's great that you have a SNES and can
play older games. However, I've never seen you post any messages to
the list accusing Nintendo of not caring about their customers because
you can't play GameCube or Wii games with your SNES.
On 12/12/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Hi Alex.
But if microsoft care so much about customers, why don't they have any
options to extend backwards compatibility of products? for instance a
licenced microsoft virtual machine?
Frankly, the reason they had to extend xp support is simply because vista
was buggy as heck for several years and thus new xp machines were being
bought as late as 2010. If microsoft had dropped support for what the
majority of users use, people would go over to mac or other os and they'd
lose sales.
I don't really understand this business about "technology moves move with
it"
I repeat, I have my snes, which is now close to 20 years old. I keep it
because I like the games on it.
The fact that something is "new technology" has no real applicability to
myself or probably to several other people as well if it doesn't actually
let us do the things we want.
A computer is afterall just a tool.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Kenny" <alexkenn...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf
Hi Dark,
Again, I really think you're misrepresenting Microsoft here. Microsoft
actually spends a huge amount of resources supporting older products.
For example, one of the reasons Windows Vista was delayed as much as
it was is because MS temporarily stopped its development in order to
fix major security problems with Windows XP. If MS really behaved as
you described, they would have just released Vista two years early and
dropped XP. Instead, they've actually extended XP's support to 2014,
ecause they understand that it's very popular. Of course, by then, XP
will be 13 years old. Imagine running Windows 98 today. It wouldn't be
a very pleasant experience. Technology moves on, and we need to at
some point move along with it.
If that's a problem, there are a few DOS operating systems that have
been in development for several decades. Since unlike Windows, DOS
operating systems are very simple, you shouldn't have too many bugs to
worry about...
I'm exaggerating here of course, but if that's the attitude most
people had, we'd still be using teletype machines and command prompts.
On 12/12/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Agreed William, this is just what I mean.
As far as I've ever found out microsoft is frankly just concerned with
their
bank balance and don't give a dam about their customers accept as a
statistic.
And lets not get on to their production methods, what they pay the
people
who actually assemmble! pc parts or the like.
The only reason I use windows is for convenience sinse most things run
on
it, which is I suspect why ninety percent of people do, not necessarily
because I actually like microsoft at all.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Willem Venter" <dwill...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] plans for an updated Lone Wolf
Hi dark.
Microsoft only invests development time where they stand to gain or
lose money. For the most part, even dropping support for vb was based
on the fact that they were forcing developers to switch to vb.net so
they could sell them a new set of development tools. The basic
programming syntax stayed the same, but they changed the developement
libraries to not be the same as those used with vb6. They did improve
the software with vb.net, but vb6 wasn't making them enough money to
justify fixing the security wholes and bugs for vb6.
Assisting developers or users of code to run a 10 year old program
does not gain them much sales, so they will invest the development
time somewhere else. This is also part of what drives the changes to
the user interfaces. They tell their customers "see it looks
different, so it is new" where as most of the code is reused over
windows versions.
I agree with those who said that for innovation to happen we need
change, but change does not always indicate something better.
On 12/12/11, Dallas O'Brien <dallas-obr...@bigpond.com> wrote:
actually, the better codes, = better gaming possibilities. so yes, it
makes a different.
dallas
On 12/12/2011 23:13, dark wrote:
Frankly dallas where games are concerned, I couldn't give a monkies
how good the newer codes are.
As I said, I don't really care about how powerful or anything else a
system is, I care about what I can do with it.
That's why i stil have a snes, sinse I can play all the game i
rather
like on it, despite it being no where near up to the standard of
todays games' consoles.
As I said, I just would like microsoft to acknolidge this, perhaps
with a compatibility pack option that could be downloaded for those
who needed it.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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