----- Original Message ---- From: Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:37:35 PM
>Kirill Palagin (Y) wrote (11-2-2008 20:54) >> I would bet money nothing will be backported, so our users will miss >> some long awaited features and start moving to supported platforms, >> including new versions of Windows. So if we stop supporting Win98 we >> will drive sales for MS. I sure do not want that. > >Are you really sure of that? >I would guess that a reason for using Win98 often is the need/wish not >to spent money on PC-stuf. >If dropping win98 support in OOo 3.0, would drive a part of this group >in the direction of buying another PC, then that does not have to be a >new one. Plus that normally a new PC doesn't ship with a new free >version of MsO. >Also, we know from people using MsO, that changing to another kind of >office software is not most people's favourite thing. The same holds for >people already using OpenOffice.org. >So, unless you can make more clear that people's realising that those >long awaited features will never come up in OOo 2.4, will push them to >..., I'm not so convinced yet. I am talking about new sales of Windows (with new computers). Regards, Kirill. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
