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On 10/27/2021 11:25 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:55 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
>> The upcoming version 3.3.0 is the last version officially supporting
>> Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
>>
>> The next major release 3.4.0 will be released in 2022 and will be the
>> last one officially supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008
>> R2, and Windows Server 2012.
>>
>> We're also planning to drop Support for the 32 bit release of Cygwin in
>> 2022
> 
> This is all good.  I really appreciate all the developer's efforts
> with Cygwin.  There are thousands of ham radio operators all over the
> world who would not be getting data file updates without this
> software!
I am not sure that I follow this.  Are you saying that amateur radio
users will be fine with the loss of old Windows support?  The
appreciation is a general thanks for all that Cygwin developers
do or is it a hint that you hope they don't drop old Windows?

If it is the hope that old Windows isn't dropped, then it makes
me smile a little.  Now that I am in amateur radio, I see that
it is an expensive hobby and a new computer is a small cost
compared to the radio equipment

Damon Register
KK4OFV

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