Re: Discontinuing Windows Builds

[Rex Couture <rex wustl edu>]

    While I certainly understand the difficulty, and I understand the 
desire not to release software that crashes, it's a shame that all the 
old versions seem to have been removed from the Web site. Gnumeric is my 
preferred spreadsheet on both Windows and Linux.  I rely on Gnumeric for 
part of my work flow, since it does some things correctly that Excel 
does not.  One other advantage I have experienced is that most bugs I 
reported are fixed incredibly fast -- sometimes within 2 hours.  It's 
hard to imagine getting that from any other spreadsheet.  I'm sure there 
must be other satisfied users besides myself.

    I assume there must be a point at which the insurmountable 
difficulties started.  I can assure you that version 1.10.9 runs 
perfectly on Windows XP, and I think 1.10.16 and 1.12.12 do as well.  
(1.12.12 failed to initialize on one old computer, but I haven't tried 
to troubleshoot it.)  Do the problems extend to all Windows versions?  
If not, I have to wonder if the decision to remove the working(?) 
versions from the Web site might have been a bit rash.  At least some of 
those versions seem to be excellent software, which is unfortunately no 
longer available.

Rex Couture