1) What manufacturer forces you to do anything? You will be able to buy
All the greedy (mostly USA) manufacturers in the world.
Greed is universal, sir, and you are no exception. In your case, however,
you can add prejudice and xenophobia to the list.
Without source codes, capable programmers could port x32 drivers to x64.
Of course, only if Micro$oft allowed that to happen first.
I take it that you're a communist. Communism does not reward hard work with
proportional compensation. That is why the only motivation for a Communist
to work is fear. And fear produces only the amount of work necessary to
avoid punishment. That is why Communist countries are poor, except for those
who are in the ruling class. Of course, that begs the question, why is there
a ruling class in every Communist country? Isn't that a philosophical
contradiction? Perhaps it is because greed is universal.
If Vi$ta x64 is not going to have drivers for older hardware,
that's a death penalty to them.
People have been saying this sort of B.S. for decades. Your prediction is,
by inductive reasoning, most likely to be false. Microsoft is not motivated
by some Machiavellian desire to rule the world, like Communists. It is
instead motivated by the desire to succeed. Therefore, the decisions that
Microsoft makes are likely to be arrived at by means of a logical analysis
of what action is most likely to result in their success. So far, they have
been very good at it.
Once there would be no drivers, a lot of old and functioning
hardware would be forced to be discard. You got it, did you?
Computer hardware, like everything else, becomes unusable after a span of
time. Like everything else, it can be recycled. And where do you expect it
to be discarded? I imagine it will end up on the same planet it originated
from, in a different form that it had before humans changed it. And if
humans don't change the form of matter, nature does it all by itself. That
is why there are canyons in the world, and why the island of Krakatoa no
longer exists.
In conclusion, unless you are living in a Communist country, I would suggest
learning to think for yourself. Being an advocate without knowledge is an
exercise in futility.
If you are living in a Communist country, I would suggest finding a way to
escape from it, unless you are happy with being motivated by fear.
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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Bit Player
http://unclechutney.blogspot.com
Where there's a Will, there's a William.
