Subj : the woes and whims of winXX
To   : Dale Shipp
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Dec 03 2019 02:38 am

In a post between "Dale Shipp : E Sullens", on 12/1/2019 4:56 PM

 DS> My computer is running Win7, with a virtual box to run WinXP
 DS> which I use primarily for reading the echos..

Hello Dale,

Why can't you migrate the echo activity to Win7?

For example, I've been experimenting with several fine point programs since 
last year:

	https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

....and they all perform well in Win7.  Two of them which are GUI win-style, 
have been designed only when Win98 was around, are nolonger being 
developed/supported, but look and operate quite well for anyone wanting a 
windows prog to drag around.


 DS>                                              ...I tried
 DS> recently to do the upgrade to WIN10 but could not get my XP
 DS> transferred over to that version of virtual box. So, I am
 DS> sticking with Win7 in spite of the fact that MS is dropping
 DS> support for it.

Just because "support" (the constant excuses for security updates) is stopping 
from MS, doesn't mean that Win7 will stop working. Win7/64/32 is a smooth 
performer.

I like the ready-to-go feature in Win10 that allows controlling other screens 
and redirecting video to different monitors connected in the network, for 
example.

If I had my druthers, and if I didn't have to rely on at least two key 
exclusive MS products, I'd move to a linux distro in a heartbeat.

--- Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228)
 * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360)

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