What's the oldest MS VC version Parrot should built with?

[Geoffrey Broadwell]

On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 20:15 +0100, Ron Blaschke wrote:
> The only good reason I can think of to keep VC7 is because it's the last
> version to support Windows NT.  VC9 targets Windows 2000 and up (XP,
> Server 2003, Vista).

I'm all in favor of supporting old and unusual *hardware*, and certainly
I believe in supporting operating system releases for several years, but
I think a *decade* is a safe outer limit.  Especially when the vendor in
question EOLed it several years ago.

Not to mention that it's insane to run an OS that has serious known
security flaws that the vendor has said not only have no fixes, but are
*unfixable* without breaking the very apps that are the only reason
someone might use such an ancient OS.  I don't see a good argument for
actively supporting insecure systems, just as a matter of being a good
netizen.


-'f