I think what is highly likely to happen over the next two years that
will change the situation is that XP usage will drop dramatically.
Like, people would move to Vista en masse? Don't see it happening in next
two years. Why do it?
It will happen at some point because if you try to buy a new machine, _most_
of them come with Vista installed. It won't be very long before they _all_
have Vista installed.
This year, though, you can still buy brand new machines with XP
installed, and that's without ticking any 'special option'. Companies
And that would continue for a couple of years at least, because Vista
support among hardware makers... how to say it mildly... leaves a lot to
be desired. Anyway, conditioning having fast PHP binary on Vista sales
doesn't look the best idea to me.
Funny - it looks like sound thinking to me, since the fast PHP binary isn't
supported by the platform otherwise.
php.net shipping MS C runtime libraries to make good our (implied)
promise. It's one thing to offer support for a platform, but entirely
another to tie our software to a third-party library that effectively
Microsoft is not third-party. Microsoft is OS provider.
Third-party as in 'php.net didn't write it'.
upgrades that platform. It also ties us - and all PHP/Windows users -
irrevocably to the MS development schedule.
Didn't you just propose to tie PHP releases and all Windows users to
whenever Vista becomes most of the market?
That's not the same thing as the development schedule. I think MS would
agree with that :)
I think we just need to find a way to build and release a set of good fast
binaries.
... that won't run out of the box.
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