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Bad? Microsoft had a long history of maintaining backwards compatibility. I wrote a program for Windows XP that still runs unmodified in Windows 11.
by Osiris 3y ago
Bad? Microsoft had a long history of maintaining backwards compatibility. I wrote a program for Windows XP that still runs unmodified in Windows 11.
- pjmlp 3y agoOld Microsoft yes, the new generation that got on board during the Windows 8 days not so much. There is hardly anything backwards compatible during the multiple WinRT reboots that have happened since then.
- RobotToaster 3y agoDrivers will literally stop working between different "feature updates" of windows 10.
- zamadatix 3y agoKernel side backwards compatibility is a different story, and not just on Windows. Here we are talking about programs (userspace side).