Breaking backwards compatiblity

[Walter Bright]

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.