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This is why I love being a Windows programmer. Microsoft really does take backward compatibility seriously, and the last breakage worth mentioning happened when
by nikanj 8y ago
This is why I love being a Windows programmer. Microsoft really does take backward compatibility seriously, and the last breakage worth mentioning happened when Vista started to enforce roles and permissions.
- movedx 8y agoI feel this would be the case having done a bit of MS work my self over the years. But at the same time, I'd say it's also the reason MS don't innovate as much as Apple do. Just a personal opinion.
- justapassenger 8y agoMS doesn't build sexy products as Apple, but I don't think they're lagging behind in innovation.
- nikanj 8y agoVisual Studio for example has gotten so many neat debugging tools in the past few years, while xcode has gotten...dark mode.
- justadudeama 8y agoThis is why I personally don't love using Windows. The user is left with duplicate, inconsistent experiences like Control Panel and Settings, Edge and Internet Explorer, all because Microsoft is too afraid to cut off old APIs. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, supporting things longer than Apple, and shorter than Microsoft.
- barrkel 8y agoFor contrast, this is why I still use Windows primarily at home.
- tokyodude 8y agoI agree with you although at this point I wish MS would start over from zero with an entirely new OS and then just run all old stuff in some VM. There's too much cruft and they really need a reboot like Apple did with OS9 to OSX