Re: WDSC with vista

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Pluta skrev:
> 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 
>   
This is one of the good reasons why building your own GUI-stuff instead 
of just using Swing is not such a good idea, so this is bascially IBM's 
fault :)  (Unless you insist on blaming Microsoft for not emulating 
32-bit Windows well enough so that 64-bit would not be a new platform).

Oh well.  The joys of technology :D