Re: PostgreSQL win32 & NT4

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > >> NT4 is officially dead, IMHO no need for PostgreSQL to officially
> > >> support it, let's leave place for companies offering commercial
> > >> postgresql versions to work on it if they have enough
> > customer requests.
> > >> BTW Win 2000 is more or less 6 years old now ...
> > I believe Microsoft has an official 10 year support policy.
> > Although the don't backport all features (which makes sense).
>
> They're 10 years for "extended support". Only 5 years for "mainstream
> support", meaning it has already passed.
>
> The difference? You can no longer get a hotfix unless you have a
> specific "hotfix agreement", that you have to buy separate. You don't
> get any no-charge incident support (that would be
> support-because-of-a-bug). You don't get to make any feature requests
> (though seriously, they hardly ever listen to you unless you're really
> big anyway). And you don't get any "warranty claims", whatever that
> means in reality.
>
> You do, however, get paid support and security hotfixes.

I think you know a little _too_ much about Microsoft support. :-)

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