LC 9.6.0 DP2

[Richard Gaskin]

Richmond wrote:

> Banging on about endless upgrades is pretty pointless because, unless 
> one lives in a cave, one already knows about that.
>
> What might be better is to offer the OP a practical solution to their 
> problem.

Enlighten us: what do you feel constitutes as "practical solution" to 
Charles' question?

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems


> Richmond.
> 
> On 18.02.20 0:21, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>> Richmond wrote:
>> > Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . sick of that stuff about endless upgrades; and,
>> > frankly banging on about them does not really help anyone who asks the
>> > sort of question the OP asked.
>>
>> The OP asked about using the latest version of LiveCode on an OS that 
>> was EOL'd many years ago.
>>
>> I replied that the LC version he's asking about doesn't run on XP. 
>> That older versions do is self-evident.
>>
>> What exactly ruffles your feathers about providing an accurate answer 
>> to the question?
>>
>>
>> > There is a simple fact that some people round "these parts" as well as
>> > elsewhere overlook . . .
>> >
>> > Not everyone has oddles of money to endlessly upgrade, or the
>> > inclination to do that.
>>
>> I agree it would be ideal if OS vendors supported every version 
>> forever, but as a practical matter they simply don't.  It isn't LC's 
>> fault, and I can't even blame the OS vendor.
>>
>> If there's any "bad guy" here it's the literal bad guys:
>>
>> We can reply on nearly every popular OS version to be patched forever, 
>> but after EOL the only new patches are coming from organized crime.
>>
>> As long as the machine isn't connected to the open Internet it may be 
>> safe to use.
>>
>> Beyond that, yes, it's unfortunate that OS vendors will drop support 
>> for hardware, and fortunate that Linux is available to give a second 
>> life to hardware abandoned by its maker.
>>
>> With such a vast ecosystem behind it, there's probably a Linux version 
>> for just about any computing device made in the last 20 years.
>>
>> Linux is free and open, ready to step in whenever another OS vendor 
>> lets you down.
>>
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