On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As someone who recently (~3 months ago) purchased Win4Lin 2.0, I think that
> most of the comments on this thread are way off base. Given the complexity of
> the product, the functionality of the product, the low cost, and the dependence
> on a kernel over which Netraverse has no influence or insider knowledge, I
Actually, netraverse *did* have insider knowledge about the kernel, as
they had the source in beta form for over a year. Everyone who cared
about the code in the kernel could have looked at over the last year.
That's a lot of time to port a kernel patch. It's true some things have
been broken and fixed over that time, but it's my understanding the the
big stuff, like the vm subsystem have been stable for quite awhile. It is
also true that netraverse said they were working on it, giving all of us
the impression that win4lin 2.0 would sometime run on 2.4. Of course I'll
always be able to run win4lin 2 on 2.2.x (but not 19 -- so I'm stuck with
some major security concerns), but I'll have to run it in vmware, as I
must move to the 2.4 kernel for some hardware support features that I
really need. I am interested in win4lin 3.0, but I really don't *need*
all the newer features. I just need win4lin 2.0 to run on 2.4. I am
willing to pay an ugrade price for 3.0, just so I'll be able to upgrade my
system. I've heard $59 as a suggested price for the upgrade (less than
the full price) and would like to note that is more than I paid for the
full version of 1.0, but then again that was an "introductory price".
Anyway, I'll be watching and waiting. I may upgrade, or I may not. I'll
have to judge my oportunity cost. But we do need a 2.2.19 patch for
win4lin 2.0 right away.
Michael
> think that there's nothing wrong with paying a upgrade fee! Frankly, I think
> that $59 for the full product is a very good deal. Sure, having just bought
> v2.0, I want to get 3.0 for free. However, I wouldn't expect to get 4.0 and so
> forth for free, just as I think expecting to go from 1.0 to 3.0 for free is
> excessive. I think there should be some reduced-price upgrade path, but the
> threads I've seen so far sound as if Netraverse is doing something terrible,
> yet no pricing has even been set!
>
> Sure, it seems like there's something unfair because of the short timelines.
> However, what I see as important here isn't just the timeframe, but the scope
> of the changes from 2.0 to 3.0.
>
> Marketing aside, I can understand that there are significant technical reasons
> why the enhancements found in 3.0 won't be back-ported to the 2.2.x kernel
> series.
>
> Mark Bergman
>
> => On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:31:32AM -0500, Austin Gonyou wrote:
> => > As stated by support, W4L 2.0 will NOT be "enhanced, upgraded, patched,
> => > whatever" to support the 2.4. kernel.
> => >
> => > --
> => > Austin Gonyou
> => > Systems Architect
> => > Coremetrics, Inc.
> => > Phone: 512-796-9023
> => > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> => >
>
>
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