Anonymous Coward you started well but then you just had to descend into FUD didn't you....
The new graphics engine coming soon will not require Vista or DX10 for any of its bells and whistles. EVE is currently using DX7, they're just updating it to DX9 and unless your computer was obsolete 5 years ago it will still run the game and you will get new graphics. There is a DX10 engine in the works and due to MS that will be Vista only but it is at least a year away and the DX9 client will still be supported.
Even when CCP do discontinue the DX9 client you still won't be forced to buy Vista. There are currently OS X and Linux clients in beta testing. So you'll be able to choose Mac, Linux or Windows.
As for "there more recent move to a MS based system" you really have no clue. You're probably referring to when they recently upgraded to SQL Server 2005 or maybe even before that when they upgraded to Windows 2003 x64. But, they were using Windows and SQL Server before. The EVE cluster has always run on Windows using SQL Server.
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Anonymous Coward you started well but then you just had to descend into FUD didn't you....
The new graphics engine coming soon will not require Vista or DX10 for any of its bells and whistles. EVE is currently using DX7, they're just updating it to DX9 and unless your computer was obsolete 5 years ago it will still run the game and you will get new graphics. There is a DX10 engine in the works and due to MS that will be Vista only but it is at least a year away and the DX9 client will still be supported.
Even when CCP do discontinue the DX9 client you still won't be forced to buy Vista. There are currently OS X and Linux clients in beta testing. So you'll be able to choose Mac, Linux or Windows.
As for "there more recent move to a MS based system" you really have no clue. You're probably referring to when they recently upgraded to SQL Server 2005 or maybe even before that when they upgraded to Windows 2003 x64. But, they were using Windows and SQL Server before. The EVE cluster has always run on Windows using SQL Server.