Hi all I guess this will mostly interest those intending to upgrade to Windows 8, (like us). It's expected that, in the first week of January 2013, Horizon Data Systems will be releasing their long-awaited and, so they say, eagerly anticipated RollBack v10.0.0 which will incorporate new features, plus Windows 8 compatibility.
Windows 8 is, as I understand it, the first version in which Microsoft has finally started to remove some of the old 8 and 16-bit dynamic link libraries, (.DLL) which were introduced when they released Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and XP. Driven by, I suspect, the need to maintain their position in the race against their competitors, Microsoft is now moving towards native 64-bit and, I would expect, 128-bit operating system environment. When Intel releases its first 128-bit CPYU and chipset for home and mobile computers, I would expect a frantic race to ensue between Apple and Microsoft as to which company will be the first to support the new environment fully. In respect of the current systems which, as we all know, are 64-bit, Apple most definitely won the race when they released Mac OS X 10.7 and, more recently, the renamed OS X 10.8, (Mountain Lion). Apple has now dropped the word "Mac" from the name of its operating system. Anyway, as I was saying. I am curious as to which of the big two will win the next round of the battle when Intel makes its move which is widely expected to happen at some point in 2013. But back to the original point. Horizon Data Systems is set to announce their new RollBack in the first week of January. There's probably going to be quite a few software title updates around that time. I'm not quite sure when, but I'm given to understand that Microsoft Office 2013 will also be released early in the new year. I suppose we'll all have to start checking to see which of our Windows applications are compatible with Windows 8. If Microsoft has indeed removed support for the old libraries, many developers have some work to do and, no doubt, their customers will have to pay the price. I understand why that is, developers have to eat as well! But their are some developers who will see this as yet another opportunity to rip of their customers and make a tidy profit. Anyway, we have an interesting few months ahead of us I would think. <--- Gordon Smith ---> If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior arrangement where possible. E-Mail: <[email protected]> Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Australia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <callto:mac-access.net> ------------------------------ ======================================= To post to this group, please send your message to: [email protected] The Windows-Access E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit your personalise subscriber options page, located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Windows-Access forum at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/windows-access/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- [email protected]
