Re: XP *and* Vista co-exist in the market?
"Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> If a product is still a main part of the portfolio, a company will be
>> obliged to provide full support for it..
>
> On what basis do you make that assertion? How do you define "support"?
> Microsoft defines what it means by "support" in its EULA. It could, with
> perfect legality, sell XP as a "legacy" product with no planned fixes.
>
> At least, that is my understanding.
>
> I was looking at a graphics editor program the other day (can't remember
> its name), which was available in two versions: the current one, which
> would only run on W2K, XP and Vista, and an earlier version for those with
> Win95/98. It was perfectly clear that there was no further support on the
> older version, but it was for sale if you wanted it.
>
> Seems absolutely fair and reasonable to me.
>
Fair and reasonable means nothing to lawyers. Microsoft is a big target.
That's in the US. In Europe there are laws saying you have to provide
support for current products. The EULA doesn't trump laws.
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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/