From what I've seen so far, Windows 10X is heading in this direction. For business uses though, that backwards compatibility is absolutely key. From my work in

From what I've seen so far, Windows 10X is heading in this direction. For business uses though, that backwards compatibility is absolutely key. From my work in IT I've seen countless applications originally developed for much older versions of windows, where the developer is no longer releasing updates or has even gone out of business altogether. Yet some important part of the business still runs on that software for some reason, so it needs to work. This is where backwards compatibility in Windows is a huge strength. The average home user probably can do without such legacy features (other than maybe playing old games which may rely on them), but for businesses its pretty important