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It was my understanding that Microsoft pulled the rug out from developers multiple times by making new OS versions not quite backwards compatible.
by benjohnson 6y ago
It was my understanding that Microsoft pulled the rug out from developers multiple times by making new OS versions not quite backwards compatible.
- Snitch-Thursday 6y agoiirc the extreme TL;DR of that was this: rewrite your windows mobile 5/6 apps for windows phone 7? ok, its a brand new platform, i get it. rewrite wp 7 for windows phone 8? ok... (there may have been wp7 mango that needed tweaks but my memory is too fuzzy) rewrite windows phone 8 for 8.1 ? cmon now rewrite windows phone 8.1 for wm 10? no
- pjmlp 6y agoFollowed by "rewrite UWP for Reunion, sorry about the left turn with Windows 8, and don't use that C++ Builder like tooling any longer, IDL without VS support rulez".