On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:46 -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote: > > > 2006/9/27, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:01 -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote: > > > > > > 2006/9/27, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:42:56AM -0500, Fibonacci > Prower > > wrote: > > > And while they do, what? Stop using their programs > and hope > > they'll still > > > care about the Linux community to make a new > version? > > > > I guess its like other proprietary software that > broke forever > > due to windows > > upgrades and the like. Its part of the nature of > proprietary > > software. > > > > Which propietary software as ubiquitous as Flash broke > forever due to > > Windows upgrades? > > Any of the Electronic Arts Need for Speed games before v4 (for > example > NfS III: Porsche Unleashed), only work on Win98 and > Win95. They do not > work on Windows 2000 or later. While not ubiquitous, NfS > certainly sold > in the millions, if not tens-of-millions, of units. That's no > small > number. This problem certainly exists in the Windows world, > no matter > how much effort MS puts into backwards compatibility. > > I don't want to sound rude, but I don't think any developers care > about games - that is, unless they are the developers of the game. I'd > expect that sort of thing to happen with games the whole time. That's fine, but then you have to allow that other people might not care about -your- applications. It's a two-way street. It's just an example from the Windows world about how updates break compatibility. Dan > > Dan > > > > > > > Most likely someone will soon reverse engineer skype > entirely, > > at which point > > two things will happen, one of which is that skye to > standards > > compliant > > gateways will appear, the other regretably is that > millions of > > infected > > voice-spam boxes will begin phoning everyone on the > planet > > non-stop selling > > viagra. > > > > You not liking Skype is not a reason to remove support for > it. It's > > the only way millions of people have to talk with their > loved ones > > without the phone bill skyrocketing. And yes, that includes > me. > > > > > > Alan > > > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > > > > > > > -- > > Eye halve a spelling chequer, it came with my pea see > > It plane lee marques four my revue miss steaks aye can knot > sea > > Eye ran this poem threw it - your shore reel glad two no > > Its vary polished in it's weigh, my chequer tolled me sew. > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > > > -- > Eye halve a spelling chequer, it came with my pea see > It plane lee marques four my revue miss steaks aye can knot sea > Eye ran this poem threw it - your shore reel glad two no > Its vary polished in it's weigh, my chequer tolled me sew. > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
