Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 12:21:55 08/16/02
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On August 16, 2002 at 11:53:23, John Merlino wrote: the spirit of the argument is that if it would have worked for NT 4.0 it would work for 2000/xp too!! obviously we're not personally blaming you. ubisoft wasn't owning CM yet when 6000 was released, were they? >On August 16, 2002 at 06:57:28, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On August 15, 2002 at 14:01:41, John Merlino wrote: >> >>This is nonsense John, NT4 was released in 1995, within 6 >>months after windows95. >> >>win2000 and XP are having a bit newer NT kernel, that's all. >> >>Obviously i couldn't use these CM versions either as i used NT. >> >>Everything that works on NT also works on 2000,XP. Very easy. >> >>>On August 15, 2002 at 01:53:19, Stuzzi Kadent wrote: >>> >>>>I could not run CM6000 successfully on either 2000 or XP. Since the 9x systems >>>>are out of the question for my usage- and there are already more powerful and >>>>flexible engines on the market- I personally cannot yet take Chessmaster fully >>>>seriously. I do not like the proprietary closed feeling of its windowing and >>>>data system either. Though I could be mistaken about that- the main point is >>>>that I do not think Ubisoft is trying hard enough with each new release to sort >>>>matters like these. >>> >>>Chessmaster 6000 was released over one year before Windows 2000 and over three >>>years before Windows XP. Why would you assume that it would work on operating >>>systems that didn't exist before it was released? >>> >>>Chessmaster 8000 was released before Windows XP was released, and Mattel >>>Interactive did not support Windows 2000/NT with any of their games.... >>> >>>Chessmaster 9000 will support Windows XP. >>> >>>If you don't like the interface, that's fine. But your first sentence is not a >>>valid complaint. >>> >>>jm > >The spirit of your argument is correct, but you're going in the wrong direction. >Mr. Kudent was complaining that CM6000 didn't support an operating system >(Windows 2000) that didn't exist when CM6000 was released. This kind of >complaint is not valid. > >And, yes, you are 99% correct when you say that "everything that works on NT >also works on 2000, XP." However, it does NOT go backwards -- not everything >that works on Windows 2000/XP will also work on NT. We know this because our >copy of 3D Studio Max works fine on Windows 2000/XP, but hangs at least three >times a day on NT. I'm sure I could name many other products that behave >similarly (Chessmaster 9000, for instance....) > >This is why XP has its "Compatibility Mode", so that older programs can have a >chance of working with the new operating system. But, to say that the only >difference between Windows NT, 2000, and XP is "a bit newer kernel, that's all" >is completely false. > >jm
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