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Microsoft is huge on backwards-compatibility. Unix guys don't mind breaking a few eggs when they release a new kernel because anything that breaks can be patche
by jbri 16y ago
Microsoft is huge on backwards-compatibility. Unix guys don't mind breaking a few eggs when they release a new kernel because anything that breaks can be patched up to work again - but when you're running boatloads of proprietary software that has to keep working, break-and-fix isn't really a viable model any more.
- patrickaljord 16y ago> Microsoft is huge on backwards-compatibility. Are you sure about that? If I want to run old versions of IE, MS solution is to run a VM, probably because it's cheaper for them. At what point will it become more profitable for them to just tell people to use VMs for 20 year old software? Knowing that only businesses would need those.