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They also did very un-Microsofty thing where the software will need to be rewritten and rebuilt for every new version (Windows CE -> Windows 7 -> Windows 8). Th
by thriftwy 3y ago
They also did very un-Microsofty thing where the software will need to be rewritten and rebuilt for every new version (Windows CE -> Windows 7 -> Windows 8). They ditched backwards compatibility.
Perhaps they expected they will see so much adoption that the existing ecosystem will be dwarfed. Guess who got dwarfed for good.