Subj : Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu May 04 2023 06:55:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Tracker1 <=-

 Ni> Until Windows 2000, I remember a problem with Windows NT 4.0 and
 Ni> earlier was that the newest version of DirectX supported by NT was a
 Ni> fairly old verison, meaning newer Windows games wouldn't run on NT.
 Ni> Windows 2000 supported a much newer version of DirectX, which allowed a
 Ni> lot more games to run on it.

I worked at a gaming company back in the '90s, and our parent company's
consultant flew in and wanted me to upgrade all of accounting's desktops
to NT 4.0 Workstation to resolve crappy performance. Unfortunately, they
didn't have budget for resources, licenses, and didn't realize that
everyone played a role in QA for the games - and gaming after hours was
a part of the culture.

Lesson one of consulting is "Never tell the client No, tell them how
much Yes costs..."

But more importantly, lesson two is "Know your customer's customers..."



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