Re: Future Non-server Windows support???

On 3/3/2019 7:30 AM, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> Bill Haught wrote:
>> My main concern is that Microsoft has Enterprise versions of Windows and
>> versions for everything else which makes me wonder if at some point
>> Windows versions for desktop use may not have features needed by some
>> database applications or differences between the versions may be enough
>> to necessitate slight tweaks to code and compiling additional versions.
> 
> Speaking as a semi-ignorant, I had the impressions that all Windows versions
> are pretty similar under the hood (with occasional annoying behavior changes),
> and most of the differences are on the GUI level, while the C API is pretty
> much the same.
> 
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
> 

For some reason my previous message went to one member and not the 
group.  I keep getting Wrigley's gum treatment, two of each.

I assume you mean from the perspectives of administrators and 
"end-lusers" (as many in the GPL / Open Source world would say)?

"...most Windows 95 applications still run fine in Windows 10 - that's 
20 years of binary compatibility"  See Major Linux Problems on the 
Desktop, 2018 edition by Artem S. Tashkinov
https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html


And yes there are critical differences between Windows Versions.  It use 
to be that you could not put Home on a domain.  Even if you have Pro 
versions you probably still need a Server or Enterprise version to do 
so.  I suspect using the usual peer-to-peer networking to big one of 
many major sources of hassles (with lack of a package manager and a 
package format that requires the information needed to clean uninstall 
or just create a new sets of ini and registry files and boot menu 
entries being numero uno, ¿entiende?).  Home version does not have Group 
Policy.  You cannot set (Enable) "No auto-restart with logged on users 
for scheduled automatic updates installations" under 
%SystemRoot%\System32\mmc.exe %SystemRoot%\System32\gpedit.msc > Local 
Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows 
Components\Windows Update  I am betting the Enterprise version is very 
different under the hood and optimized for very heavy multitasking, disk 
access and whatever else is needed in that environment.

Micro$oft has a habit of putting in features and then taking them away, 
hence my concern.

If only Darling got half the support Wine does, they'd probably have 
something functional, unlike the quarter-baked Wine.

I really wish Linux or Linux plus Darling was a real alternative to 
Winblows.