depends on the software, but most software designed for an os is built to take advantage of features within, many of them new. for new software to work with an older os requires it to be built from the ground up for that older os, and theres really no point from an economic standpoint. its like trying to replace a blown vacuum tube in an old radio with a germanium transistor. its POSSIBLE, but would take a lot of work.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:41:42 -0500, Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin Hood, > > Why can't somebody do something about making newer software > more compatible with older platforms. > > I don't want to hear it is impossible. > > Skippy > > > > > on 11/29/04 4:55 PM, leaking pen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > damn skippy. btw, i should like to add that i rarely pirate myself, > > and never a small company. i find out about someone i know doing so, > > pirating a small comp or a personal programmer, well, they never will > > trace that trojan to the file i sent them. theres not enough left. > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:45:59 -0500, Harry Veeder > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Software designers should form trade unions. > >> > >> Actually 'designers' of all stripes should as well. > >> > >> The market is super-saturated with exploited designers. > >> > >> Design IS a trade. Like plumbers, designers have butt cracks too, > >> they just aren't visible. ;-) > >> > >> Harry > >> > >> > > > > -- Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. -G.K. Chesterton
