> Some of us are not so fortunate as to work > for companies that allow us to install whatever > the current Windows OS of the day happens to be. > We've standardized on 98 osr2 and are only allowed > to use that version on company computers.
If developing Palm OS software is (part of) your company's business and the tools to do that do not run on Win98 OSR2, I'd hope the person who decides what you can and cannot run on your desktop will realize that it's not in your company's best interest to stick to the rule for those of you who need to use the tools. At some point in time, they have to realize that Win98 is just too old for software/hardware coming out today (we're almost four years into the life cycle of that OS). My employer has standardized on NT 4.0, but there are a few machines with XP in order to verify the correct functioning of our software on XP. > And no, I do NOT have to reboot during the day. > Its on rare occasion I do, in fact I reboot my > home computer with W2K more often than any OS I've > ever had. My Win98 home machine was fairly stable and rarely crashed, too. Until the day when it *really* crashed and would only boot up in VGA mode and didn't recognoze most of the devices anymore. That was the day it was replaced with Linux. My work machine runs NT 4.0 and I can't even count the number of blue screens I've gotten over the years. But I think the main factor for stability under Windows is how much and what software you install. Windows -- no matter what version -- by itself rarely crashes, so comparing OS versions without the context of software installed is like comparing apples and oranges. Oliver __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
