> why are you so determined to hold the project back? > > we can't continue to support old discontinued legacy OS stuff forever, if you have a > problem with that you should be complaining to Microsoft, or the manufacturers of > your hardware, not us. > > We NEED to track what's current in order to ensure the project remains relevant and > compatible with the systems that are being used to develop it, that means dropping > legacy cruft. > > If you don't like that it's NOT OUR PROBLEM.
I dont want to hold anything back here. If its time to move on, then it is time... already said, that i can live with that.
Even i support those steps from time to time, like lately with the HLSL discussion and integrated graphic-cards, but to replace a whole machine is another story for me, especially if it looks unnecessary to me, at least right now.
I hope that you all never get into that poverty, where every cent counts. I appreciate all the latest efforts to co-operate with people who may can solve the problems we are confronted with. This makes me believe that in your inner core, you care about people that maybe dont have money to throw it out the window.