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None of my stuff has ever been targetted to one version of Windows, mostly my stuff was front ends for hardware which meant independance was needed. (Some of the stuff I developed is being used on a Win98 test rack as drivers don't exist for later)
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agreed, there were some interesting features in all the versions, but if they don't fix a business problem, I just ignore them for the most part. I still have systems out there running on XP, because the customer refuses to update until the computer dies. since I have not targeted any specific version: the new software can run on the old XP, the old software can run in Win10. everyone is happy
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Which was the point of Windows back in the day! It's here, it runs there, it runs every b***dy where!
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Same here
Behzad
modified 23-Oct-19 14:31pm.
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XP, Win7, Win8 (but it doesn't enjoy it) and Win10 with no issues. I have it running on XP, 7 and 10 at home all the time. Also on Windows 2000-2013.
The rest of it runs on browsers so not relevant.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I won't have any Windows 7 or Xp machines around other than in VMs. But I only keep them around to support legacy systems (Windows CE, some have been in the field for 14 years).
I have some support tools that I cannot predict what machine a customer will be using. As soon as I say "don't support Xp", my boss gives me the look, and then I say "but I'll add it."
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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My stuff, such as it is, is written to run on any version of Windows from XP up. Mostly Office addons or utilities.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I have to target Windows 7 as long as the client runs it. I guess we can try to force them to upgrade, but companies will rarely spend extra money or make changes if they don't have to.
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It doesn't depend on me...
I have already said our IT "don't touch my operating system" because as long as the field isn't updated, I can't update.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Although in a Win7 shop and I've some exe's still running, they're not being replaced as .exe's.
As much as the cost in speed is a though, not worrying about O/S's is awfully nice. Especially when they dropped IE as the inhouse standard (so many years ago, but not nearly enough).
Heavy lifting's done on the server-side, anyway (SQL, for example). Transmitting data's transmitting data - so the difference between the speed of an .exe and the convenience of a script starts to blur.
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I still have software that will install on XP!
I imagine I'll still have customers on 7 for another 2-3 years. As one tech told me, 'I've got systems with 3 expected years left until replacement. I'm not concerned about end of life/support as I've not once in 20 years asked MS for help.'
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I guess when the last customer moves away from Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008.
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Are you sure that your missing option isn't "for the rest of my career?"
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Windows 7 became available on 22/10/09 so in some ways it's 10 years old tomorrow.
It will be one of the more fondly remembered versions of Windows but I'll hardly be mourning its decline with some Thunderbird wine and a black handkerchief.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: more fondly remembered versions of Windows
There were several instances where I proclaimed that Windows 7 was the pinnacle of MS OS's to date. I had somehow mostly skipped XP, preferring to say on 2K for close to 10 years.
Windows 7 had the fortune to come out at a time when hardware was plateauing such that I managed for close to 10 years on basically the same hardware, the exception being a SSD when win 10 came out. I have a 12 yr old laptop that originally came with Vista, now with win 7, that still works fine...stick an SSD in it, and it can last another few years.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Read the second half of your second paragraph and then the tagline. The irony...
I'll hold on to Windows 7 as long as i can. Stopped updating (read: gradually downgrading) it long time ago.
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The question says "deployment" where as last option says "development"...
For development, I am still using Win7 but planning to upgrade soon.
For deployment, we have to support it for another 5+ years.
Amit Joshi
Value of the value is valued only if its value is valued.
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You must "develop" compatible software to "deploy" it on Windows 7.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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