On 3/9/2012 8:40 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Windows though, even if you relied on bugs twenty years ago, they bend over backward to keep your app functioning. It is really an amazing feat they've accomplished, both from technical and business perspectives, in doing this while still moving forward.
I agree that Windows does a better job of it than Linux. MS really does pour enormous effort into backwards compatibility. You could legitimately call it heroic - and it has paid off for MS.
