Re: Rise of Legends vs Microsoft

On Mon, 1 May 2006 13:53:11 +1000, Matt McLeod wrote:

Quaestor <no-spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Matt McLeod wrote:

Quaestor <no-spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


- this is purely a matter of billgates paying or bullying game
developers to put in code to require xp.



Or, y'know, developers deciding that supporting an OS that
was released a hell of a long time ago is no longer worth
their time.

There is no question of supporting. The games run fine on win2k if
hacked to remove the "requirement." Nice dodge, but you didn't manage
to change the subject.

"Support" doesn't mean "will it run", it means "do we want to
support bozos running this platform".

I can probably get Oracle to run on a Debian system, but if I
go to Oracle with a problem they'll laugh at me because it's
not a supported system. As a software publisher or support
provider you have to set boundaries.

Now, if that boundary were "the latest release of Windows,
which was only released last month" then that'd be a pretty
ridiculous choice. But "the latest version of Windows, which
was released years ago" is not so much.

You are not the centre of the universe.

Matt

I can agree with that. However, why would they make the program unable
to run in older operating system?

The games run fine on win2k if hacked to remove the "requirement."
Nice dodge, but you didn't manage to change the subject.

Why should that be added? Shouldn't it be enough to put "XP only" to the
box, and let the users test if it works on Win2000? The makers lose
nothing. I doubt there is a conspiracy, but I don't know why they would
do it if not to make more people willing to change into a new operating
system.

Janne )'( Joensuu,
Endoperez
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: What Linux tool should I use to view newsgroups?
    ... Ram wrote: ... > thanks to Windows I've got a job in IT supporting it. ... keep a m$ operating system running. ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Re: What Linux tool should I use to view newsgroups?
    ... >> thanks to Windows I've got a job in IT supporting it. ... > keep a m$ operating system running. ... > that relies on a server operating system to support the ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Re: Rise of Legends vs Microsoft
    ... Matt McLeod wrote: ... Or, y'know, developers deciding that supporting an OS that ... was released a hell of a long time ago is no longer worth ... There is no question of supporting. ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic)
  • Re: Rise of Legends vs Microsoft
    ... Or, y'know, developers deciding that supporting an OS that ... There is no question of supporting. ... provider you have to set boundaries. ... Now, if that boundary were "the latest release of Windows, ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic)
  • Re: Rise of Legends vs Microsoft
    ... Or, y'know, developers deciding that supporting an OS that ... was released a hell of a long time ago is no longer worth ... Not everything in this world is a conspiracy. ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic)