why is it a problem that they release new api's? they couldn't bring them all out before they're written, so the alternative is to batch them up and release the

why is it a problem that they release new api's? they couldn't bring them all out before they're written, so the alternative is to batch them up and release them all at once. but then don't you still have a common install base, because the change will be too much for some users who will hold off, a la windows 7/8. as someone doing a little windows dev on the side, the issue for me has been that i don't know whether uwp or win32 is the better (future proof) choice. i guess when one of the main distinctive features of your os is that it is backwards compatible, it is hard to change. (i noticed BN_UNPUSHED is documented as being included for compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows before 3.0.)