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Road Runner Doesn't Do XP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fringe-OS-platforms-like-unix dept.

PerlStalker writes: "Internet News has an article up that mentions, among other things, that Road Runner (owned primarily by AOL/TW) will not support XP. From the article: 'Road Runner, the second-largest cable Internet service provider (ISP) in the nation with more than 1.4 million subscribers, does not support the controversial new operating system (OS) for its customers and will not support its use on the cable network.'" Note that this doesn't stop customers from connecting to Road Runner from XP systems, but until their staff is trained specifically, Road Runner won't help them with technical problems arising from that combination.

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  1. Big deal. by imadork · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Road Runner doesn't "Support" Linux either, but that hasn't stopped me.

  2. Move along people, nothing to see here by Brento · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have no clue why this is news. It took months and months for my ISP (SWBell) to "support" Windows 2000, a long time after it was released. Their client software wouldn't work on Win2k, and even though the maker had released a new version of the software, their staff wasn't trained on it. So oddly, if you could find the newer software by tracking down the manufacturer (who gave it away free), it would work fine.

    This is really no big deal. Lots of companies won't support XP yet. Even Symantec's pcAnywhere doesn't support XP yet. It's like this with every new operating system, and the way it will probably always be.

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  3. Simple Rule by Marillion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Supported == Known to Work
    Not Supported != Does not Work

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