Eh.... it used to be true that Microsoft cared deeply about backwards compatibility, but it seems to me that's becoming less and less the case. I wouldn't be ve

Eh.... it used to be true that Microsoft cared deeply about backwards compatibility, but it seems to me that's becoming less and less the case. I wouldn't be very surprised if Microsoft just ripped it out one day and damn the consequences. I guess it's just another thing that has fallen out of fashion there, like testing, a working control panel, and updates that aren't a trainwreck.