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People give microsoft a lot of crap for Windows having a lot of cruft but the fact that backwards compatibility works as well as it does is incredible.
by supergauntlet 13y ago
People give microsoft a lot of crap for Windows having a lot of cruft but the fact that backwards compatibility works as well as it does is incredible.
- sologrrl 13y agoHere's one that does it till Windows 8 Pro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY-UHdswFkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY-UHdswFkg
- BrainInAJar 13y agobackwards compatibility is a burden, not a feature.
- BSousa 13y ago<Get of my lawn rant> Tell that to the millions of companies that don't have the money/means to update their os/stack every year and still rely on software written in the 90s </Get of my lawn rant>
- BrainInAJar 13y agoYes, that's exactly what I mean. It's a burden which we grudgingly accept, but it's certainly not a feature. Nobody loves the dentist either, but we need to go occasionally
- chilldream 13y agosologrrl: You seem to be hellbanned (I looked through your comments and didn't see anything objectionable, so I guess you tripped something automated)