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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:09:00 -0500
To: "Andi Gutmans" <andi@zend.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Dumping support for Windows 98 and Windows ME
From: kingwez@gmail.com ("Wez Furlong")

+1.

I still get comments on my blog entry about this every so often:
http://netevil.org/node.php?nid=336&SC=1#comments

The argument for keeping support is mostly about cost; I think it's
clear that people that are serious about PHP can either use linux for
free or pay for a more recent version of windows.

--Wez.

On 12/20/06, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In the spirit of dumping Win95 support in PHP 5, I'd like to officialy dump
> Windows 98&ME support from this point onwards. We are sticking to old
> Windows APIs because of this support which doesn't make much sense
> considering that Microsoft has stopped supporting those platforms six months
> ago (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx).
> So I see no reason for us to support Micorsoft customers better than they do
> :) Those who are stuck on those versions should just stick to the versions
> up to PHP 5.2.0. They are not getting Windows updates, so why should they
> get PHP updates?
>
> Unless anyone disagrees with this, we'll go ahead with this.
>
> Andi
>
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