Re: [Dev-C++] Offtopic: Advice on GUI to learn

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

I don't think that spec will be required. I really don't think that will be 
the case!
and we still supply customers who request windows 3.1 bits and pieces!


>From: Michael C Urban <mu...@cb...>
>To: Daniel Glenfield <sp...@ho...>
>CC: go...@de..., dev...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Offtopic: Advice on GUI to learn
>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:07:12 -0600 (CST)
>
>I also don't think we are going to see a mass migration to Longhorn
>either. Longhorn is going to require some truly serious hardware to
>deliver acceptable performance. Microsoft has estimated that that by the
>time we see Longhorn, new PCs will have a dual core processor running at
>least 6 Ghz, a terabyte of hard disk space, at least 2 Gb of RAM, and a
>very powerful 3D graphics accelerator. If that's any indication about the
>mimimum hardware requirements Longhorn is going to need, it's going to be
>a tough sell to businesses and such who aren't always on the cutting edge
>of the technology curve. After all, remember that something like 30% of
>Windows users are still using Windows 98.
>
>Mike
>
>On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Michael C Urban wrote:
>
> > As far as Longhorn, the latest word is that we won't see it until 2006, 
>or
> > maybe even 2007. So the Win32 API is going to be the main API for 
>Windows
> > for at least a few more years.

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