On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:01 -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote:
2006/9/27, Alan Cox <alan(a)redhat.com>:
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:42:56AM -0500, Fibonacci Prower
wrote:
> And while they do, what? Stop using their programs and hope
they'll still
> care about the Linux community to make a new version?
I guess its like other proprietary software that broke forever
due to windows
upgrades and the like. Its part of the nature of proprietary
software.
Which propietary software as ubiquitous as Flash broke forever due to
Windows upgrades?
Any of the Electronic Arts Need for Speed games before v4 (for example
NfS III: Porsche Unleashed), only work on Win98 and Win95. They do not
work on Windows 2000 or later. While not ubiquitous, NfS certainly sold
in the millions, if not tens-of-millions, of units. That's no small
number. This problem certainly exists in the Windows world, no matter
how much effort MS puts into backwards compatibility.
Dan
Most likely someone will soon reverse engineer skype entirely,
at which point
two things will happen, one of which is that skye to standards
compliant
gateways will appear, the other regretably is that millions of
infected
voice-spam boxes will begin phoning everyone on the planet
non-stop selling
viagra.
You not liking Skype is not a reason to remove support for it. It's
the only way millions of people have to talk with their loved ones
without the phone bill skyrocketing. And yes, that includes me.
Alan
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