Forum: Bryce


Subject: Bryce 6 anouncement - not very pleasant for some PC users

Pontigary opened this issue on Jun 19, 2002 ยท 55 posts


plmcelligott posted Thu, 20 June 2002 at 11:38 AM

Brycetech, Far be it from anyone here to tell you how to run your own site, but I (and probably a few others) think you might be overreacting just a bit. Corel's decision to drop Win9x support (if, in fact, they do that) for Bryce Pro is probably going to be par for the course for a lot of graphics apps over the next year or two. I'll bet good money that Poser 5 will be XP/2000 only, just because Win9x can't handle the memory demands of this program. As Jval pointed out, I doubt that Corel would do this casually, because dropping Win9x users is cutting off a portion of their user base. For Corel, it probably comes down to a choice between: 1) releasing a program that everyone can run, or... 2) releasing a program that does what it's supposed to do without crashing because of a crap OS. If Corel takes choice number 2, I don't think they should be punished for it, not if it means they are putting out a better product than they would if they continued to support Win9x. Talking about discontinuing your site just because of this sounds like someone letting their emotions get the better of them. Maybe you should just hold off until Corel makes any kind of official announcement before you throw the baby out with the bathwater.