Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 15th Jan 2007 11:25 UTC
Ian Murdock blogs about the importance of backward compatibility. "Yes, it's hard, particularly in the Linux world, because there are thousands of developers building the components that make up the platform, and it just takes one to break compatibility and make our lives difficult. Even worse, the idea of keeping extraneous stuff around for the long term 'just' for the sake of compatibility is anathema to most engineers. Elegance of design is a much higher calling than the pedestrian task of making sure things don't break. Why is backward compatibility important?"
Thread beginning with comment 201947
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
RE[5]: Odd little article.
by Moulinneuf on Mon 15th Jan 2007 18:53
in reply to "RE[4]: Odd little article."
Member since:2005-07-06
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&...
I think this link will provide you with the answers you need , it as the answers to the link you gave. I will agree to disagree with you and leave it at that.
RE[6]: Odd little article.
by cyclops on Mon 15th Jan 2007 18:57
in reply to "RE[5]: Odd little article."
Member since:2006-03-12
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
Member since:
2006-03-12
I do not agree with the figures on the website, but they would not surprise me if they were accurate.
I would love to see real figures, but they unfortunately are hard to come by. I'd be happy for you to supply a better link.
Its a fun little tool. I think what it shows that is interesting is that if you look at *trends* that both Linux and Apple are making inroads into Microsoft's Monopoly, the desktop...slowly.