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The different platform argument was easy to make when it was called ".NET Core". Almost impossible to make when it's also called ".NET", quite deliberately.

• dragonwriter 4y ago
  No, really, version numbers within a broader brand that can indicate incompatibility are not something non-technical users with any familiarity with modern consumer society are unfamiliar with. I get that techies sometimes have preferences for perfect and eternal backward compatibility within a named product line, but trying to pass this off with “how will you explain this to non-techies”, and then treating non-techies as both more ignorant and more concerned with technical details than they are, is not a good way to promote that preference.
  • edandersen 4y ago
    "Our app was seamlessly upgraded from .NET 3.5 SP1 to .NET 4.0 and through to .NET 4.8.2. I don't believe you when you say it won't immediately run on .NET 5.0. My PS5 plays PS4 games. Upgrade it today as I'm off to play golf."
    • TeMPOraL 4y ago
      > My PS5 plays PS4 games. That sounds like an outlier, though. Typically, consoles were not compatible between generations. PS1 games didn't play on PS2. PS2 games didn't play on PS3. Etc.
      • dragonwriter 4y ago
        The first version of the PS3 had hardware PS2 emulation. I think this was removed in later versions.