<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:8pt"><div>An "awful lot" is really an awful lot, even these days. Most companies are not upgrading period. Maybe due to the economy, or maybe their distrust of any Vista-like OS. I would think it ashame not to test Scribus on XP, as this is still your majority Windows OS user base. </div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:8pt"><br><div style="font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Craig Bradney <cbradney@scribus.info><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> scribus@lists.scribus.info<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, December 7, 2010 3:53:40 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [scribus] Scribus 1.4.0 and XP<br></font><br>
On 12/7/10 9:40 PM, K.King wrote:<br>> <<<br>> We will also be dropping support for XP eventually (perhaps with 1.4.0),<br>> ie to the point of saying.. if it works, then great, but we won't test<br>> on it anymore. Not confirmed yet.<br>>>><br>> Is 1.4.0 that far away:-?<br>> An awful lot of people are and probably will still be using it for<br>> quite a while.<br>> Some corporates are in no hurry to move to 7, as still supported till<br>> 2014.<br>><br><br>1.4.0 is not that far away.<br><br>XP is 2 versions behind, and 9+ years old (from release, not<br>development). It is as insecure as an open door.<br><br>I didn't say our release would not be compatible with XP (I'm 99% sure<br>it will be), however we will not be testing on XP.<br><br>I doubt "an awful" lot is really that many these days.. Windows 7 is<br>*miles* ahead of XP and Vista in so many ways.<br><br>Craig<br><br>-------------- next part
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