Mike B. wrote:
At 10/18/2007 06:14 PM, you wrote:
tina wrote:
ON THE PAGE THAT SAYS: SELECT YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM I DONT SEE
WINDOWS XP. SO
The windows box says "All versions >98". That includes all winows
versions from Windows 98. This is the correct download for XP.
"All versions >98" does mean that...if you are computer literate and
know the history of Windows. If you aren't, it might mean "all
versions that are Windows 98", or maybe just look like noise.
Technopeasants might not be able to tell whether Windows NT was before
or after Windows 98 in the scheme of things for instance (it was
released before, but it is still better and runs OOo anyway, so ">98"
isn't really correct anyway. The simple "greater than" idea ignores
the fact that there were two lines of descent until XP).
Is there room in the box for separate entries for each Windows version
that all link to exactly the same place? Or maybe list the ones it
*won't* work with, like Win 3.1 and Win95, somewhere?
Anything that might cut down on the repeat questions about how to get
the software or what it will run on...
-- Mike B.
I did not do the screen design. I was just answering the question in
such a way as I hoped the questioner would get something extra out of
it. I don't consider people who don't know the same facts that I do as
'peasants', just people who don't know the same things I do. As far as I
know tina could be the director of a multinational NGO or a world famous
artist.
I have also never noticed that question from someone running NT, most
likely because someone running NT would not need to ask, since NT would
be considered > 98 in another way since it was supposed to be a
multi-user operating system.
And, if we're really picking at things, ">98", would really not be
inclusive of 98, since the ">" means "greater than" not "greater than or
equal to". I thought of explaining that but really did not want to get
into the website being wrong.
You can feel free to find out how to ask for a change to the website. I
looked a while ago and didn't see how.
--
Thanks.
Yours,
**//Charlie
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