Re: MS Vista and iSeries Access support

Hi:

Couldn't let the "can't afford to create such a disruption" comment go. 
Doesn't anyone remember, "DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run?" And that 
was back when Lotus 123 ruled the spreadsheet roost, and a large number of 
PCs -- *all* of which ran Microsoft OS and paid a hefty royalty -- were 
purchased for the sole purpose of running Lotus.

I see no evidence that the leopard even thinks his spots are outdated. 
Doesn't mean I don't use, and often like, Microsoft products. But c'mon.

Darrell

Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2187
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/13/2006 09:14:49 PM:

Perhaps (like most vendors) MS does not operate the way they used to, 

but

I can remember the days when new MS versions created backward 

compatibility

issues for many vendors, not just IBM. MS makes no claim that 100% of 

DOS, 

3.1,95,2000,millenium, XP can all run on Vista. MS cannot afford to 

create 

such a disruption in the marketplace.

[snip]




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