Vista, the other 'red headed stepchild' from Microsoft. ;) Antivirus software
companies are abandoning it. All of the web browsers, even the 'alternative'
ones, have already abandoned it, except for Firefox. Firefox will end Vista
support at the end of 2017.
Windows 7 will start going the same way around 2020.
WINE keeps getting better for running Windows software on Linux, and unlike how
Microsoft has cut various things from new versions of Windows, WINE aims to
support as much as possible so an old XP program that will not run on newer
Windows will run on Linux with WINE, along with software that requires newer
Windows versions. One of the worst things about new Windows for some people are
the words "deprecated functions". "But I need that!" So they stay with the old
version as long as they can, or get a new system and disconnect the old from
the net - or connect it through another system for a firewall.
ReactOS is getting closer to being usable, but still incomplete. The goal there
is to create an open source core system compatible with Windows software and
drivers. Sort of like Executor was for Macintosh, but free.
What may happen with Vista if someone gets interested in the challenge is a
project like KernelEX for enabling Windows 98 and Me to run software that
requires 2000 or XP. There's a couple of ways to go about it. Directly extend
the Vista kernel by patching it, or use a "wrapper" that "plugs in" and adds
new stuff from Windows 7 and later without altering any of Vista's files.
If you still have a PC with either version of Windows 98 on it, one thing
that's very useful is the update which takes Windows Me's USB Mass Storage
support and installs it into 98. 98's USBMS wasn't much better than the USB
addon to 95 OSR2. 98SE was better but many USB storage devices still required
their own drivers. WinMe had a truly universal UBS storage support. You can
find that and other similar projects on msfn.org
From: Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com>
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT - Arduino development - Atmel ICE useful ?
Well... you might want to read this.
https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/
http://www.windowscentral.com/you-do-not-need-activate-windows-10
I'm running Atmel Studio on a Windows 10 laptop. As much as I dislike
Microsoft, Windows 10 is pretty good. Its very stable. I run "Classic
Shell" on all of my windows machines to make them all operate like
Windows 7. I have to deal with Windows XP, 7, 8.1, and 10, often at
the same time for my day job. Classic Shell keeps me sane.
I would not waste my time with Vista. Its just too old.
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