Re: [Dev-C++] Longhorn API

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

There are a lot of large companies running with administrative software
from the 1970.

While every new computer sold may try to use the latest and hottest, real
companies - and home users - doesn't trow away existing applications. And
a lot of companies aren't around anymore to delivery updates to their
software, while you have an installed base of data in their native format.

And if you got to a position where you have to replace ALL your software,
your are a free-flowing customer. You might go for ANY operating system
available. That is a major point for M$ to be careful about removing
support for existing software.

At the same time, if ALL programs has to be rewritten, every software
developer has a chance to swap to another OS instead.

/Per W

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Ioannis Vranos wrote:

> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Per Westermark
> Date: =D4=F1=DF=F4=E7, 4 =CC=DC=F1=F4=E9=EF=F2 2003 4:10:31 =EC=EC
> To: Louis Godio
> Cc: Ioannis Vranos; Dev-C++ Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Longhorn API
>
> Unless M$ wants to loose all their market shares, they will think about
> the installed base of Win32 applications.
>
>
> =3D=3D> Why? If you think of it, everyone will need software upgrades. Af=
ter all
>  software companies exist to write code and sell it, right? :)
>
>
> Ioannis Vranos
>
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