On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 11:14:16AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > When the ist-D first appeared there was near-unanimous agreement that > backwards compatibility was unacceptable.
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Even then, there were a significant number of people for whom it wasn't an issue. And even among those who cared, there was a wide range of opinions as to whether this was anything more than a minor flaw which might, perhaps, have been done a little better.
