[Info-vax] VSI licensing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[John Dallman]

In article <184ecfb7-7efa-45e4-a8db-a1dcd565d91fn at googlegroups.com>,
lawrencedo99 at gmail.com (Lawrence D_Oliveiro) wrote:

> On top of which, Microsoft's x86 emulator only handles 32-bit code, 
> not AMD64. The only thing that makes that palatable is the fact 
> that much of Windows code never made the transition to 64-bit 
> anyway.

That is due to change, but it hasn't happened yet.

> I don_t think Windows developers can say with any certainty right 
> now which of Microsoft's many platform APIs is the _core_ one going 
> forward...

Indeed. I've never regretted sticking to portable C and C++. Fortunately,
my management are almost as suspicious of marketing-driven programming
innovations as I am. 


John