But who in his right mind would recommend people to use Windows versions prior to 2000?
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>> But who in his right mind would recommend people to use Windows versions prior to 2000?
I think this is a wrong question in this context. Software developer don't recommend OS to people, he delivers software, and the more platforms he supports, the better.
Moreover, if someone has an old box with 98 or NT, what could he do when he don't want to buy a new PC?
I would, especially for people who use their computers mostly for business. Except for USB and PNP support, Windows 2000 is inferior to NT4SP2.
However the Python guys are probably doing the right thing here because the right approach to making windows based business systems reliable is to disable everything possible on them, isolate them as much as you can, get things working and NOT upgrade them unless you absolutely have to.
RE: "Windows 2000 is inferior to NT4SP2"
Windows XP SP2 is basically the minimum version of Windows that you can use and expect a reasonable user experience. That includes the ability to install new (recently released) software. If you insist on old operating systems, then you should expect to run old applicatoins on them.
Will there be a 3.0 for VMS?
I hope so, since it's actually 9 years younger than Unix ;-)
Robert Metcalf [the inventor of Ethernet] says that if something comes along to replace Ethernet, it will be called “Ethernet”, so therefore Ethernet will never die. Unix has already undergone several such transformations.
-- Ken Thompson
If you make applications for windows, then you would understand that people either can't upgrade or won't. Their old machines don't work with newer versions of the OS's.
For web developers this is fine, since they don't need to install programs. However for those of us that need to install programs, it's going to be sticking with python2.5 (or even 2.3 if you want better compatibility).