Some further comments:
- If ME really is not supported, the installation should not crash but give
a proper message saying that. Even Microsoft does that ...
- Does OOo 3.0 really depend on functionality that is not in ME? Otherwise I
would suggest to allow OOo 3.0 to be installed on it even if it is not
formally supported. Bill Gates forces his customers to move to newer
operating systems by dropping support for application software, but I
thought that open source open office really is something different. Are you
going to force me to move to Vista, and beyond, after some time?
- Windows ME may be bad, but I run an application on it that is not
supported on XP (not even in compatibility mode). The application probably
contains a bug that is not detected on newer/better operating systems. It is
a very expensive application, so I can not afford a new version.
- Perhaps I could change OOo source for ME compatibility and recompile it.
As OOo is open source, you can not prohibit me from doing that. Do you want
different OOo versions?
On 11/03/2008 12:25 PM, Reinier Bakels wrote:
> Hi! An attempt to install OO 3.0 in Windows ME immediately ends with
> "Ooo_3 has caused an error [...] Ooo_3 will now close." If indeed OO
> 3.0 is no longer supported on Windows ME, I'd expect an explicit
> error message. Even Bill Gates does that ...
>
> I would really regret it if OO 3.0 indeed is no longer supported on
> Windows ME, because I must keep running this old Windows version for
> an old application that is not supported on newer Windows versions.
>
> Please send all and any responses to me directly as I will not
> subscribe to this list.
Before installing you probably read:
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
System Requirements
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html
correct? Window ME isn't even supported by Microsoft any longer, and was
probably the worst OS ever produced. I _highly_ recommend that you
change to WinXP or at least Win2K.
Please also see:
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html
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