Subject | Re: [IBO] Drop off support for Delphi 3 and C++ Builder 3 |
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Author | Lester Caine |
Post date | 2010-12-21T09:22:31Z |
Andeas Hesse wrote:
hassle (and cost) of moving all of that code over to the latest 'builder'
version. Heck ... we still install W2k on the servers since none of the newer
versions actually work with the hardware!
But at some point I'm going to have to move on to W7 ... my council customers
have dropped their block on upgrading since vista was scrapped and they are now
looking to restart upgrading ... in some cases FROM W2k. What annoys me is
having to buy copies of W7 to upgrade vista machines when the reason for
upgrading is to make the machine work properly :( AND the unrealistic cost of
windows anyway.
( Written on a linux box ;) )
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> I think it is better to drop support for all versions smaller asI'm still using BCB6 in production and see little point in going through the
> Delphi 5 / CPPB 5.
> It will the code more readable.
hassle (and cost) of moving all of that code over to the latest 'builder'
version. Heck ... we still install W2k on the servers since none of the newer
versions actually work with the hardware!
But at some point I'm going to have to move on to W7 ... my council customers
have dropped their block on upgrading since vista was scrapped and they are now
looking to restart upgrading ... in some cases FROM W2k. What annoys me is
having to buy copies of W7 to upgrade vista machines when the reason for
upgrading is to make the machine work properly :( AND the unrealistic cost of
windows anyway.
( Written on a linux box ;) )
--
Lester Caine - G8HFL
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Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk//
Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php