Re: SP2

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From: Greg R (webworm12_at_yes.hotmail.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:48:14 -0500

I agree with Jack somewhat on this.

When Winme came out (Almost all software worked with-except some dos
programs) I am not talking about all the bugs in Windows me.

I also have 98se. Dual boot. So, I will keep buying those that say
not for xp.

Xp has forced me between to dual boot 98se & xp

As I told Jupiter. The software companies are not lazy. They may
not have the money like Microsoft does.

Alot of Microsoft programs don't work with xp sp2. You would think
microsoft would include the patch with xp sp2. Regardless if the
program is installed or not.

Greg R

>On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:00:47 -0700, "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <ronv@mvps.org> wrote:

>Jack wrote:
>> And WHY should any vendor have to change their products so as to
>> comply with a SP? Even though I disagree with it happening even
>> then, I can understand why it happens for a totally new OS. But
>> requiring vendors to subscribe to compliance with a upgrade to an
>> existing OS is dead wrong.
>>
>> I'll say it again!! The upgrade should not render anything useless
>> that was working just fine under the OS that was upgraded! If it
>> does, the upgrade is to fault - not the vendor item!
>>
>> The absolute, unchecked, monopolistic arrogance of Microsoft is being
>> displayed on this one - in spades!
>>
>
>Jack
>
>You are showing that you have little knowledge about the software industry.
>If a developer wants their software to work, they need an operating system
>to host the software. If they want their software to continue to work
>properly, they must make sure that the software is kept up to date with that
>operating system. This is the way it works. It doesn't matter whether the OS
>is Windows, Linux, Unix, OS2, DOS or whatever. Their is nothing monopolistic
>about this.
>
>A Service Pack is always a major change to the code for an OS. Anyone who
>develops software can testify to this. Many major software programs already
>had the required updates available for their applications before SP2 was
>released. The vendors who did not are either lazy, don't care or are looking
>to profit from the SP2 update by requiring a paid update to their programs.

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