From: user@domaininvalid.com   
      
   I agree! I don't support anything on XP Home. If anyone wants to use my   
   app on XP Home I won't sell it to them. I don't need the aggravation and   
   one instance  of what Egbert describes will cost me much more than the   
   annual support money I charge. I haven't supported peer-to-peer since   
   Win98. I have a customer with 5 users running my autoparts app, and I   
   insisted on a SBS2003 server and XP Pro PCs. When you can get a basic HP   
   server with OEM 5 seat SBS for $1400.   
      
   I've also just installed Vista Business on one of my (now) spare office   
   comps. But I don't think I'll bother with Vista Home anything. Unless my   
   app's been tested with the OS, I won't support it. And the Vista box is   
   in a network of other XP Pro boxes all connected to a SBS2003 server. So   
   it should be fairly indicative of how Vista acts in a business network.   
      
   So XP or Vista Home? Forgeddabahdit. Why do they call it "Pro" and   
   "Business", hmmmm ?   
      
   Tom K   
      
   Rodney Wise wrote:   
   >   
   > I do not believe it is asking too much to list what OS's your software will   
   > run on.   Telling a customer that your software will not run on XP Home   
   > Edition is not unreasonable IMHO.  The extra cost for XP Pro and or Vista   
   > Business far outweighs the limitations the lesser OS's offer and if it   
   > corrects the LOOONG waits, for networked connections, then this is a no   
   > brainer.   
      
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