jlepore wrote:Somehow we went from the "stable at over 90%" down to 70%.
That happened when multicore processors became the norm.... old news.
And OS's aren't getting slower - code not compiled for current hardware and OS standards and has to be emulated down runs slower.
This is where he's apparently in a sticky situation. He has an installed base with machines running on different levels of OS, and he has the goal of keeping one product running smoothly across all those. This type of problem isn't unique to RML Labs... with Win7 I had to finally update some apps I've had since the Win98/2000 period, as they just wouldn't install any more, no matter what I tried. Oh well.. 10 years isn't a bad run... but this software is a little different. Dropping XP support means dropping support (i.e. bug fixes, updates, etc) for most of his user base... a number of whom would probably shift to a different product if they had to make a major change to their system. Supporting Win 8 fully seems to mean dropping XP support... what a pickle....