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Newsgroups: mozilla.dev.planning
From: Mike Beltzner <beltz...@mozilla.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:33:15 -0400
Local: Mon, Apr 13 2009 11:33 pm
Subject: Re: Proposal: Raise minimum requirements for 1.9.2 on Windows to WinXP SP3
On 13-Apr-09, at 11:25 PM, Rob Arnold wrote:
> There are new features in SP2 (mostly security related) such as the Yes, I understand the case for dropping W2K support (though we should > IAttachmentExecute interface which the download scanner uses. We could > eliminate the old IOfficeAntiVirus code if we drop support for Win2k > and XP > SP<2. The APIs are mostly the same however. We can also drop the theme > hackery that currently exists entirely due to supporting Windows > 2000 (since > it lacks the uxtheme api). get our approximate user counts there and do that with our eyes open) and think it's virtuous. It was the SP1/2 bit that I didn't quite get. Aside from the IOfficeAntiVirus API, any other wins that anyone knows of? > I think we should see how Windows 7 pans out. If the result is good Indeed, I think it will be a function of schedule (when will Gecko > and > users migrate from XP, then we should consider dropping XP. Of > course, there > will always be people who cling to old systems like Win2k and XP and > they > will be vocal. 1.9.2 drop?) and market function. From what I hear in the latest rumour mills, though, Windows 7 may not be as early as originally expected, meaning that the XP market share is likely to stick around. cheers, You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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