RE: V5R2 Quality - Notes from the field needed

> From: Walden H. Leverich III
>
> Um, I started this thread, so I hate to pull if off base, but that is the
> biggest line of BS I've ever heard. You damn well can run
> programs from 1993
> (10 years ago) on Windows today. Hell, we're working with a client on
> rewriting (because of UI and feature enhancements) an application we wrote
> for them 20 (YES, TWENTY) years ago -- they currently run in on XP.

Okay, try this page:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,68796,pg,2,00.asp

And that's just one man's findings.

If you wrote vanilla code that didn't use drivers or APIs, then sure it will
run.  Your batch files may still execute just fine.  But there are plenty of
programs just a couple years old that don't work on XP or require patches or
upgrades.

Next, I suggest going to the following page:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

This has a list of the top 10 problems with XP (like "Why doesn't Help
work?") and how to fix them.  Usually this involves registry changes and the
like.

And also, are you talking about Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home?  There
are numerous things that Home does not support - things like Automated
System Recovery.

Anyway, we're veering into some interesting territory here, and obviously
the Windows afficianados are going to be at odds with those of us who have
had less than stellar results with Windows over the years.  Rather that get
embroiled in another thread of "opinionated guff" as Simon calls it, I'm
gonna drop out here.

Joe