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Is your PC ''Vista Capable?''
mobrien_12:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---That makes no sense, as 95 and NT were completely different OSs.
--- End quote ---
But both were Win32 platforms.
MS wanted to be able to sell WinNT to businesses. Nobody would buy it if there wasn't software for it. Few companies were going to develop software for a platform that was not popular, and the platform would not be popular if there were no applications. Both had the win32 API, but they were different OS, so it took extra work to make some pieces of software function on both platforms. In some cases, a serious amount of work.
The solution? Force the developers to make it work on WinNT by withholding Microsoft's "stamp of approval," even if it did work perfectly on Win95.
I can't believe you never heard of this before. It's part of the wordperfect lawsuit.
Aloone_Jonez:
In a way that stratagy has worked out for the better or XP would be based on ME.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: mobrien_12 ---But both were Win32 platforms.
MS wanted to be able to sell WinNT to businesses. Nobody would buy it if there wasn't software for it. Few companies were going to develop software for a platform that was not popular, and the platform would not be popular if there were no applications. Both had the win32 API, but they were different OS, so it took extra work to make some pieces of software function on both platforms. In some cases, a serious amount of work.
The solution? Force the developers to make it work on WinNT by withholding Microsoft's "stamp of approval," even if it did work perfectly on Win95.
I can't believe you never heard of this before. It's part of the wordperfect lawsuit.
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Yep. The old chicken/egg scenario. Good strategy by Microsoft...and good way to usher in NT and usher out the abominations that were the 'Win9x' series.
piratePenguin:
Well if the stamp said "designed for Windows 95", then WTF does NT have to do with it? You were right the first time toadlife, it makes no sense. At least to the people looking at the stamps.
MS should be got for that little trick misleading consumers (any wonder most of them are so empty-headed?).
_kill__bill:
Another reference: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=72294&cat_id=580
I tore all those stickers off my machines as soon as i get them. And even some i don't own :)
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---MS should be got for that little trick misleading consumers (any wonder most of them are so empty-headed?).
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MS should be taken out, shot, dismembered and have its various body parts burned and buried in seperate locations. Just for that.:mad:
None of my stuff will run vista if what i read is true. 512 MB? WTF?!? DirectX 9 graphics? Some of my stuff isn't compatible with 7
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