Is this how it works?
Microsoft sells the new OS. That OS doesn't support older hardware and
software, so hardware and software developers make new products to run on
the new OS. The computer manufacturers make the new computers that handle
all of this other new stuff. Now, the consumer must buy the new computers
that come with the new software and hardware running the new OS. The only
ones who are short changed are the consumers. If we don't have the money to
buy the new for whatever reason, we're screwed. What's wrong with this
picture from the consumer's side of things?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows
Hi Charles,
When it comes to hardware manufacturers they are looking at it from
the perspective of PC builders and manufacturers like Del, HP,
Gateway, etc. Those companies are building new PCs with Windows 7 and
Windows 8 on them so that is where the market is for hardware
manufacturers. Trying to sustain backwards compatibility with XP
wouldn't be in their best interests long term.
What I mean by that is it all comes down to money. Del, HP, Gateway,
Toshiba,etc make their money buy selling new computers. The hardware
manufacturers Intel, AMD, Asuse, ATI, and so on make their money by
selling parts to the PC builders. Microsoft as the largest software
manufacturer in the world also insures their OS is designed for the
new hardware rather than making it backwards compatible with systems
older than five years or so. Neither group has any interest or desire
to insure your five or ten year old machine can be upgraded because
everyone loses money from the hardware manufacturers, the software
providers, and the PC builders on down the line.
Put another way if 7 out of every 10 customers have XP then the goal
of a PC manufacturer like Del and a software developer like Microsoft
is to find a way to get as many of those people to upgrade to the
latest hardware and software for sale. One way to do that is by simply
stopping all support for the prior OS, and stop making parts for it.
Sooner or later the reluctant customer has a choice to upgrade or do
without.
Cheers!
On 4/30/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
Isn't this exactly why older hardware should be supported? People still
use
them. Supply what the people want rather than the other way around. If
l7
out of 10 of my customers use older machines, I would produce stuff they
can
use. To me, saying that we are moving on and it is up to you as to
whether
you follow the trends is counterproductive when dealing with visually
impaired customers based on their very valid reasons for not wanting to
upgrade.
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