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"A.T." <nospam@nospam.it> wrote in message 
news:_WMJd.10946$5k5.213727@twister2.libero.it...
> Hello people,
> I am the boss of a small software house. A very skilled
> programmer offered us a product (we've still to work on
> the graphics and music though) which is indeed very, very
> cool (the guy really knows how to program!), BUT his code
> WILL NOT WORK on Windows 95, 98 & ME, and he totally refuses
> to make it compatible, he says there are a lot of technical
> reasons why this is not possible (or worth).
>
> With the advent of Windows XP, it's pretty clear that the
> 9x technology is doomed to extinction. But, is it ALREADY
> possible to put a big label like this on the box:
>
> The game is compatible with Windows 2000, XP and 2003.
> WARNING!!
> The game is *NOT* compatible with Windows 95, 98 and ME.
>
> without affecting sales too much?
>
> While I'd certainly love to get a broader market, this
> guy may have good reasons to dump 9x compatibility
> because his code is truly impressive. I'm not sure we
> can find another coder in town that can impress us as
> much.
>
> To sum it all.. what I'm asking you is your advice for
> my dilemma: dump 9x compatibility or dump this coder?

There are plenty of current games that would have real trouble running on 
anything before windows XP. Anybody running Windows 98 probably doesn't have 
a machine capable of running a current game's graphics anyway.

- Cryo