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July 04, 2008  
Subject: Is this a Windows XP 64-bit group? Or is it a Vista 64-bit group?
Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
Date: 5/11/2008 9:33:22 PM
From: "Stan Shankman" [Email Address Protection]

Greetings all,

Is this a Windows XP 64-bit group? Or is it a Vista 64-bit group?

I searched "Microsoft. public" for "64-bit", and this group was found.
But because it did not specifically have the word "Vista" in the name, I
assume it is a Windows XP 64-bit group.
Does anyone know the best group for Vista 64-bit postings?

This brings up a small beef I have:
Namely, if one searches on the web for "Vista software", one often sees
"Vista compatible" mentioned (or some such phrasing), but rarely does one
find "Vista 32-bit compatible" and "Vista 64-bit compatible", and especially
"Vista 64-bit Native" listed under "system requirements".
Why do vendors so frequently fail to specify which *exact* platform there
software is intended to run on?

And now, I visit the Microsoft news server and here I seem to run into a
similar issue.

Drives me nuts . . .
:-)

- Stan



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