"Matts" == Matts Kallioniemi <matts@pi.se> writes:
Matts> At 17:41 1996-05-13 CST, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
<sigh> I suppose this is market pressure, but it means you are alienating a number of potential users (including myself). Some of us are working toward being Microsoft-free, you know.
Matts> It's not just marketing, it's a fact of life. 16 bit operating Matts> systems are not supported any more. Just as 8 bit OSes haven't Matts> been supported for quite a while either. There will come a day Matts> when 64 bits are considered the minimum for useful software Matts> (large database systems are already there). Matts> You just can't stick with 16 bits forever, MS-free or not. Face Matts> it. What does being MS-Free have to do with 16-bit operating systems? I'm another MS-free potential user, and I'm always in either 32 or 64-bit land. Live free or die. C Matthew Curtin Just Another Hacker http://users1.ee.net/cmcurtin/ PGP Public Key ID: cmcurtin@ee.net