[OpenAFS] End of life for Windows 2000?

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:54:09 -0500

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    <tt>None of the modern development tools for Windows support the
      Windows 2000 platform.=C2=A0 At present, we are jumping through hoo=
ps
      to continue building OpenAFS such that it can run on Windows 2000
      through Win7/2008-R2.=C2=A0 To make this happen we must build using=
 a
      32-bit compiler not newer than Visual Studio 2005 and a SDK not
      newer than version 6.0 (Vista).=C2=A0 <br>
      <br>
      This results in several negative impacts on the OpenAFS windows
      development:<br>
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    <ul>
      <li>In practice, the 64-bit and 32-bit openafs.org release
        binaries are not built with the same tool chain</li>
      <li>OpenAFS is at present using compilers that are two release
        cycles behind the most recent tools<br>
      </li>
      <li>OpenAFS currently requires compilers and SDKs that are no
        longer available without a Visual Studio Professional with MSDN
        subscription (~US$1200/year/developer)</li>
      <li>Restricting feature use to the Windows 2000 platform
        compatibility limits the ability to take advantage of new
        features that are available only on XP and above.=C2=A0 The most
        important of which are side-by-side library assemblies.</li>
    </ul>
    Windows 2000 is now more than ten years old.=C2=A0 If your organizati=
on
    would be significantly impacted by removing support for Windows
    2000, please let us know.=C2=A0 My personal opinion is that it is tim=
e to
    declare Windows 2000 unsupported.<br>
    <br>
    Jeffrey Altman<br>
    <br>
    <br>
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