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Newsgroups: mozilla.dev.planning
From: "John J. Barton" <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:11:18 -0700
Local: Tues, Apr 14 2009 1:11 am
Subject: Re: Proposal: Raise minimum requirements for 1.9.2 on Windows to WinXP SP3
Michael Connor wrote: ... > Proposal: > Raise the minimum requirements for Gecko 1.9.2 (and any versions of > On July 13, 2010, Microsoft will end all support for Windows 2000 (all I wonder if this is true. I would believe "free upgrade for all XP > service packs) and Windows XP Service Pack 2 (XP SP1 and the original XP > have already passed their end of support). This means that after this > date, these OS versions will not get any security updates and will not > receive any support from Microsoft. Service Pack 3 is a free upgrade > for all XP users. licensees". Anyone with a corporate install Windows computer from a former employer or other circumstance may not have access SP3. I wonder how many of us there are? Betcha a lot more than you'd think. It's not like SP3 is important (or Vista for that matter). I could switch this machine to Linux, but I would be very reluctant to Seems like July 13, 2010 would make 1.9.3 more appropriate. > Microsoft policy is not so important as what the installed base actually jjb You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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