Re: NewEra 3.0 Win95/NT only?

> Informix have a problem though! They now have to develop for Windows 95/NT. > Anything else would be crasy. Having done this it may be a major effort > to make it run on Windows 3.1. Memory adressing (32/16 bit) comes to mind, > as do OLE support and many other issues. I don't think that Ole is that big of a deal. OLE runs like a dog!!! > They also can't put any limits into NewEra to make it possible to make > a version for Windows 3.1. That would also be crasy. > An example here is that OLE is significantly more capable on Windows 95/NT > than on 3.1 so a spearate version without these capabilities would have > had to be made. > Informix should come out with a win 3.1 version that will run in Win95, OS/2 Warp. Why cut themselves off. I don't see MS writing just a Win95 version of VB. > With the significant competition in development tools they also can't > spend any time up front on making it run on Windows 3.1. Most people > simply need a Windows 95/NT version very soon now or they may see > the customers going to the competition. > As you can see from this news group it's allready a problem that it > doesn't run on 95/NT. > There is not that many people using Win95. I know of a lot of Co. that have removed Win95 to put win 3.1 on it. Like I said before Win95 will not be the standard for a few more years. Most of the Win95 application are really just Win 3.1. > What they could do is make a Windows 95/NT version first and then try to > port it back to Windows 3.1 afterward. That would have to be done by a > separate group of people from those who shall continue to develop new > versions for Windows 95/NT to not slow down that process. Ver. 3.0 will > need several enhancments as soon as in any way possible. > > In my book all this translates to Windows 95/NT beeing the important thing > to do, and Windows 3.1 may come later. > > Another issue altogether is why don't people upgrade. > The upgrade is easy. > I work at a site with more than 100 PC users. They have upgraded gradually > to Windows 95 without any sort of problems, not even user support (with > one person responsible for this). > The fact is many problems exibited under Windows 3.1/3.11 dissapeared > after the upgrade and users as well as the support person are much more happy. > I think the problems of upgrading to Windows 95 are exagerated. > The need for more powerfull machines isn't an issue here as we talk about > NewEra applications that will need enough of a PC that running Windows 95 > shouldn't be a problem. > > Let's get NewEra 3.0 (and 3.1, 3.2 +++) as soon as in any way possible, > that's the important issue. It must of course first and formost run on 95/NT. > If it only runs on Windows 95/NT that is ok. > The alternative for us is another tool. > > Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no > NM-data AS, Toyenbekken 21, Oslo, Norway > My opinions are those of my company > > > > >