> the 2.3 line. It's *possible* that volunteers for 2.3.6 will appear. > That would be unprecedented, but not impossible ... > ============end TP's post================ > > I ask here because I'm sure it's a newbie question. It's got me wondering > if Microsoft is still working on Windows 3.1.. ;-)
Its not at all unusual for commercial vendors to support an old line of releases long after the new version goes out. Patches for Windows NT4 are still potentially available up till the end of this month... So not 3.1 but NT4 and Win2000 are both currently supported and developers are working on them - but usually only for bug fixes etc. Part of the reason for this is that many users - particularly in big companies - rely on automated delivery mechanisms to upgrade their applications "on the fly" and it takes time to develop the delivery configurations. Also versions might require hardware upgrades- extra RAM for example - and the cost of those upgrades may not be available in this years budget so you have to wait till next year... In other cases its legacy code - for example we have delayed moving some of our PCS off NT4 because they use bespoke hardware that needs an ISA bus - which isn't supported in XP... The cost of redeveloping the hardware has proved extortionate! So yes, vendors do support old and new in parallel. Typically for two full releases or two full years depending on which is soonest... Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
