The difference between this situation and the digital TV one is that in the case of digital TV, all transmissions had to switch from analog to digital immediately. In the case of VB, Microsoft deprecated it about ten years ago. And Vb games will still continue to run at least until the version of windows after 8 is released, which won't be until 2015 at the earliest.
That means there are still at least four years to make the transition, if it's true that VB applications won't even run under future versions of Windows. If it is, it will still be possible to play those games in a virtual machine. On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > My point is that the main purpose of a computer is not to run the operating > system, and we should not keep having to upgrade to keep up with modern > technology in the form of a new operating system. Do you have to keep > buying new cars because the engine requires it? There was a lot of flak > when we had to buy new television sets in the United States because analog > signals were being phased out and replaced with digital. Same idea. Sure, > it might be better, but does that justify not even being able to still > receive the lower quality signal if you chose to do so or because you > couldn't afford the newer digital sets? Same idea. > > --- > "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Peterson" <bpeterson2...@cableone.net> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an > updatedLone Wolf > > >> And you do sort of have to run the operating system to, what was your >> expression, do tasks. Smile. >> They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Trouble" <troub...@columbus.rr.com> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:13 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an >> updated Lone Wolf >> >> >>> Welcome to the wonderful world of computers! >>> >>> At 01:26 PM 12/12/2011, you wrote: >>>>Another thing about new technology--Microsoft's Windows in particular: I >>>> >>>>buy a computer to do tasks, not to run the operating system. If I have >>>>to buy a new PC because my old one doesn't have enough CPU power, it >>>>can't be loaded with enough RAM, the hardware isn't supported by the new >>>>OS, and I need to move along with technology, I will do so. However, 2 >>>>years down the road, before the bugs have been worked out of this OS I >>>>bought the new PC to be able to operate, Microsoft comes out with a new, >>>>more demanding OS. Two years later, another one that is more demanding. >>>>Two years later, another one that is more demanding. Before I know it, >>>>thanks only to Microsoft, I have another obsolete computer. I need to >>>>buy another one to handle the new technology. 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