The following link is worth a read to help inform this discussion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_desktop_operating_systems
Windows 98 usage share estimates range from 0.66% to 1.39% (for various surveys from mid-2007 to Feb. 2008): -Ben ---- OpenOffice and open source blog: http://www.solidoffice.com/ Wiki business directory: http://www.wikipages.com/ On Monday, February 11, 2008, at 02:54PM, "Kirill Palagin (Y)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. > >IMO, unless supporting Win98 really requires resources other than QA, we >should not drop support for Win98. > >Regards, >Kirill. > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Benjamin Horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:30:28 PM > >Cristian, > >You are right that some companies and individuals are still on Windows 98 by >necessity. > >One advantage the OOo community has (as does any FOSS community), is that >older versions of OOo will still be available alongside the latest. So for >users who cannot run 3.0, they'll still be able to download 2.x for their >platform. And that is a practice we should certainly continue with forever. > >And just as (I think) 1.1.4 was introduced to bring ODF compatibility to the >1.x line, any evolution in the ODF standard should be backported to older >lines just the same. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]
