Well in my experience most of the computers running Windows 98/ME will not have memory and processor capacity to handle modern application technologies. Those who are stuck on Win 98 for whatever reason should continue to use existing versions of OOo that do support their platform.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cristian Driga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:07 PM > To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org > Subject: Re: [marketing] Proposal: Drop Win98 support with OOo 3.0 release > > Benjamin Horst wrote: > > If someone has a computer that old, they really should switch it to > Linux anyway! :) > > I still know some small companies for which Win98SE suffices and they > still have applications hard to run under Linux. > > In companies forced to adopt a M$$ license and which have mission > critical applications, Win98 will stay as long as they are not forced to > upgrade. They will not be happy if we drop support especially because > costs are involved. > > What I think is important: if at some point ODF specifications evolve, > we should provide add-ons for latest OOo working with Win98 to convert > documents. At least say 2-3 years from now. > > > ~just my 2 eurocents > > Best, > Cristian > > > > > > I think ending support for Windows 98 will have no negative impact on > our marketing. In fact, we could probably spin it to be positive somehow... > "our code base is too modern and dynamic to be compatible with poorly- > written, obsolete code like Windows 98..." > > > > -Ben > > > > ---- > > OpenOffice and open source blog: > > http://www.solidoffice.com/ > > > > Wiki business directory: > > http://www.wikipages.com/ > > > > > > On Monday, February 11, 2008, at 11:41AM, "Cor Nouws" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> John McCreesh wrote (11-2-2008 17:34) > >>> How do we feel about this from a Marketing perspective? > >> Some thoughts: > >> > >> Not too fine, because I always like to say that one OOo can be used on > >> any (close to) version of windows. That argument becomes a little less > >> valid. > >> > >> OTOH, Win98 is old, and Win98 users can still use OOo 2.4.1, which is > >> far better than MsO 2000. > >> > >> And also: focussing on future and spending your resources on that, ís > good. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Cor > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------- > >> Original Message > >> Subject: [releases] Proposal: Drop Win98 support with OOo 3.0 > >> release From: "Martin Hollmichel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, > >> February 11, 2008 15:48 > >> ----------------------------------------------- > >> All, since the efforts for supporting Windows98 and WindowsME are > >> reasonable high and makes maintainability of the code quite hard, I > >> would like to propose to drop Windows 98/ME support with the release of > >> OOo 3.0. Windows98 is also not supported by MS anymore and since we > also > >> want to make use of some more advanced features of Vista I think we > >> should be in favor to support the move to new Windows version and drop > >> the old ones, Martin > >> > >> -- > >> > >> "The Year of 3" -2008- "Het jaar van 3" > >> > >> Cor Nouws > >> Arnhem - Netherlands - nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
