Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Apr 2006 17:40 UTC
Vista is all the rage at the moment (and now even the Sunday Eve Column is about it). I don't think there's a single piece of beta software that has ever been discussed as much as Windows Vista. Obviously this makes sense, since Windows powers roughly 95% of the world's desktop computers; hence an update to that system will surely spark some heavy debates. Personally, I'm indifferent towards Vista. Read on for why.
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"You can take an application designed for Windows 95, and run it without any problems on Windows Vista."
Backwards capability is a myth.
We supported a bank's front counter system written on Win 95 using standard Win API, C++ and Foundation classes and also a lot of C and VB programs - not all of those would run when we tried to run them on XP. The ones that didn't run had to be rewritten and that then, in turn, required the rest to upgraded and enhanced to work in a proper mutli-tasking environment.
So backwards capability in large systems is a complete non-starter. I bet you'd never be able to take a complete system written on XP and put it on Vista and expect it to run with no problems.