On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:30 PM, fcassia <[email protected]> wrote: > 32-bit Windows is 32-bit windows. What difference could there be > between Server 2003 and XP from an API POV?? Isn't 32-bit windows and > 64-bit windows APIs supposedly backwards compatible between releases? > (with some notable exceptions like Vista UAC and security utilities). > > With several few exceptions (ie the change from VXDs to the minidriver > model in the jump from 9x to NT/Win2k) the compatibility has been > largely preserved. > > If Microsoft made Server 2003 unable to run common win32 software > designed for XP then it'd be a downgrade rather than an enhancement. > > There are five (or more?) Vista flavours. Should VBox list all of them? > > "Does Vbox run on Vista Home Basic?" > "Does VBox run on Vista Starter Ed.?" > "Does Vbox run on Vista Ultimate?" > "Does VBox run on Vista Home Premium?" > "Does VBox run on Vista Home Business?" > > And why not including service packs too! > > "Does Vbox run on Vista Home Basic, service pack 1? because it isn't > explicitely mentioned anywhere!" > "Does VBox run on Vista Starter Ed. service pack 1? because it isn't > explicitely mentioned anywhere!" > "Does Vbox run on Vista Ultimate service pack 1? because it isn't > explicitely mentioned anywhere!?" > "Does VBox run on Vista Home Premium service pack 1? because it isn't > explicitely mentioned anywhere!?" > "Does VBox run on Vista Home Business service pack 1? because it isn't > explicitely mentioned anywhere!?" > > Come on... if VBox says it works "on Windows XP onwards" then users > shuold assume it works in whatever-the-h**** the OS-of-the-day from > Redmondia is available, unless noted otherwise. >
Amen, but you forgot: Linux 2.6.1.1 Linux 2.6.1.2 Linux 2.6.1.3 Linux 2.6.1.4 Linux 2.6.1.5 Linux 2.6.1.6 Linux 2.6.1.7 Linux 2.6.1.8 Linux 2.6.1.9 Linux 2.6.1.10 Linux 2.6.1.11 << Insert the 50000 others in here Linux 2.6.28 Then the 2.4 kernels, then the 86_64, then the PPC, then the.... I actually tried to find an official stable list! -- projecthuh.com All of my bits are free, are yours? Fedoraproject.org
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