[Bf-committers] Windows 2000 build please.

[Michael Fox]

On 15/07/11 11:16, Blankfirstname Blanklastname wrote:
> I'm saddened that a lot of work is done for Blender to work on BSD,
> Linux, MAC and XP but in the process you developers left us Windows 2000 users out in the cold.
we cannot help it that we cannot build for win2k. Blender's internals 
are not compatible with the win2k system
> There is NOTHING WRONG with Windows 2000 and
> conceivably there's not anything you can't do on XP that can't be done
> on Windows 2000.

You Couldn't be furthur from the truth, comparing win2k and XP is like 
comparing apples and oranges, they are vastly different internally, 
win2k is 16bit OS winXP in 32Bit, with different calls to different 
systems, may seem the same on the surface but underneith where we work, 
is 2 different worlds. Hence support for win2k was dropped

>    Blender is suppose to be open and free and with this
> one snafu, Blender is no longer open and free.
yes blender is still free and open, but the doesn’t mean we are obliged 
to cater for everyone, the source is available, you are more then 
welcome to get your own builds going, and there is a whole community 
that could lend a hand

>    I nor others can run a 2.58 build on our systems because of this upgrade.  Please build a Windows 2000 Optimized 32 bit.  Thanks.
No we will not. we will not be abused or insulted to be you or any one's 
slaves we are people, volunteers, thank your lucky stars and be grateful 
that blender even exists