Brian White said: >> OK, I'll be more specific -- making decisions that actually MEAN >> something. The only spec issue that affects how the real work is done is >> whether '9x is supported. > > And NTFS.
Yes, the real crux of the issue is more about whether FAT is supported. >> Once that's decided, minimum CPU, RAM... that's just subjective fluff. > > It's minor, so what. The problem is not that it's minor, it's that it limits for zero gain. > It flows primarily from the previous requirement > and it sets a starting point. It took 10 minutes and means that nobody > is going to try optimizing for a 386. Since the base system isn't up and running yet, we are very far from caring about optimisation. >> The >> minimum spec is a version of Windows that the project supports, and a PC >> that will run it. At the very bottom end it will be dog slow. At what >> point will it start being useful? A matter of opinion, and it's >> pointless >> trying to set a fixed point. Say we settle on the NT line from v4 up -- >> some people will be able to do useful work with a 386 and 16MB. > > But that was the point! By deciding our target "market", This project does not have a target market, because unless you are setting out to make money you do not need one. It has a technical objective. The target market is whoever can and wants to use the result. > we don't have > waste time even worrying about the older machines. And would you like to name one way in which the project is harder if i386 is supported? Not a vague "worrying about the older machines", try a *solid* reason, like the aforementioned already discussed extension and filename issues. > It doesn't matter > if some people do useful stuff on it or not; they won't be doing it > using this project. LOL. Write some code and I might believe that. Otherwise I'd say you're likely to have very little influence in the matter. [...] >> Yup, and you won't get any closer by talking about hardware specs. > > Nobody is talking about hardware specs except you. We finished that > discussion a week ago after a couple days And I'm giving my opinion now, because wasn't checking my email at the time. -- John Ineson