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Buzz,
First thank you for your kind words.
Right now there is no need to worry about dropping Win 98. I was just checking.
In the past I have already added some "XP-only" features
but I was doing it in backward compatible manner,
so program as a whole continues to run even on Win 95.
I am going to continue for some time. If anything is going to be dropped
it would be Win 95 first. Microsoft dropped support for it as of 31 December 2002.
I may add some more "XP or higher features" but keeping
ability to run the program on older systems (with these new extras simply disabled).
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buzz M. Ross" <buzzmr@xxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Anyone still using Windows 95 or 98 ?
> Tomasz,
>
> I still use Windows98SE, and I prefer to continue using it for a
> number of reasons. All applications of interest to me, including
> current versions of AmiBroker, work just fine using W98se, so I see
> no reason to have to change, even though Microsoft no longer supports
> it. I also still use many DOS programs that are still quite useful.
>
> May I assume that when you no longer support AB to work on Windows 98
> platforms, that whatever the most-recent and final version of AB that
> HAS BEEN developed to work on W98 WILL continue to operate on that
> OS? I would think so, and if truly the case, then whatever features
> are available in that particular version will likely be more than
> adequate for my own particular purposes. Other than a
> few 'conveniences' that I might suggest for modifying the 'command'
> buttons on the AA screen for backtester user-selected 'defaults', and
> possibly allowing the user to re-arrange columns (and save settings
> as 'defaults') on the backtester report, any other enhancements NOT
> workable on W98 are not likely to be crucial to my use of AB.
>
> I see no reason to 'throw away' perfectly usable 'old' systems that
> continue to work just because there exist newer, more 'bells and
> whistles' systems, whether they be OS's or applications, as long as
> these do what I need. For example, I am quite happy using even AB
> version 4.7x for my purposes. Fortunately, I am a programmer-type
> user, and since AB is of an 'open architecture' design (THANK YOU,
> Tomasz!!!!!), whether I can run future versions or not (due to
> removal of support on older OS's) is less important to me right now.
>
> My preference would be for AB to continue to be developed for use on
> Windows 98, but if you, Tomasz, see a need to do otherwise, I fully
> support your decision as you need to do whatever is in YOUR best
> interest for business purposes. You have given us users so much
> already, and I for one, am VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATE of YOUR
> dedication, astute vision 'of' (and 'for') AB, and your technical
> expertise!! Thank you, Thank YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!! (;->) (;->)
>
> Buzz
>
> -------------------
> Buzz M. Ross
> Creative Consulting Co.
> Boulder, CO 80301 USA
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to know if anyone of you is still using
>> Windows 95 or 98 with AmiBroker.
>>
>> I am asking because Microsoft has stopped supporting
>> Windows 95 and 98 few years ago and none of current
>> MS development tools support them making development
>> for large system base difficult (currently AmiBroker works on every
> release
>> of Windows starting from Windows 95 upto most recent Windows Vista).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>>
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