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They could do what Apple did and provide a Windows compatibility layer which gets progressively more buried as old software gets replaced until it's just kept a
by ThomasWinwood 5y ago
They could do what Apple did and provide a Windows compatibility layer which gets progressively more buried as old software gets replaced until it's just kept around for the weird stuff that never gets properly updated because it's maintained by a rotating set of undergrads.
- hughrr 5y agoThey tried that with the App Store stuff. That was supposed to be the new world. But it wasn’t compelling, the store sucked and still does today and it was and still is like wading in excrement working on that side of things.
- fnordsensei 5y agoThen it seems like a problem with execution rather than a fundamental problem with the concept. Especially with Apple as a largely successful counterexample.
- hughrr 5y agoOh yes exactly that. It's a terrible execution of a good idea.