Re: WDSC with vista

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Syd Nicholson wrote:
> Agreed - I am certain it is a 64bit issue.
>   

Eclipse versions prior to 3.4M3 have issues with 64-bit Windows.  This 
is a long-standing and well-known problem.  For just one take on it, 
look here:

http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t96324.html

Since WDSC is built on Eclipse 3.2, it's unlikely to ever work well with 
Vista 64.  It may work sometimes, sometimes not.  Interestingly, the 
older version of Eclipse (3.1) actually worked better; thus the 
situation where WDSC 6 built on 3.1 works on 64 bit systems where WDSC 7 
built on 3.2 does not.

Here again I don't quite understand.  You say time is money, but you use 
64-bit Vista, which is generally less compatible with various hardware 
and software than the 32-bit edition without a lot of upside.  Typically 
64-bit software makes more sense on a server than on a workstation.  
Unless you have a real need for 64-bit features (the primary one being 
memory over 4GB) then I don't see the business benefit of the 64-bit 
edition.  But again, that's just me.

Joe