On 11/28/05, Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis Clarke wrote: > > >>Bless Linus, he deserves a pat and a hug for doing this, because this will > >>be one of the biggest reasons why Solaris will eventually weed out Linux. > >> > >>Let's just hope Linus doesn't change his mind. > >> > > > >I fail to see how a failure in backward compatibility or binary > >compatibility has slowed down Windows. The long term stock chart for > >Microsoft is amazing. Consistently upwards with multiple stock splits > >along the way and then a slight drop and level off. Stunning really. > >I highly doubt that I can install software for Windows for Workgroups > >on Windows 2003 or Longhorn ( or what ever it is called ) but I can > >run software for Solaris 8 ( and earlier ) on Solaris 10. Is this a > >strength ? It certainly is with big iron and long term software > >investments. Is it working for a desktop however ? Will Apple care > >when it jumps to Intel about backward compatibility ? > > > > > > > Straying OT a bit, but this lack of compatibility has hurt windows, > corporates won't upgrade because their applications may (will?) not work > in newer versions. That's one reason why so many corporate desktops > still run win2k or NT.
Well, you have me there ! I have a ten pack license kit for Windows NT4 that I bought at the camp Microsoft software store. I was given a $100 coupon to use in the Microsoft store and the 10Pack was , I think, $35 or so. I also picked up Microsoft Visual Studio 97 and SQL Server. No no .. I seem to recall that I asked a friend to buy the SQL server 6.5 box for me and then we exchanged money later. That was .. I think seven or eight years ago and its the last nickle that I spent on a Microsoft product. I refuse to upgrade. > If a punter can do an upgrade, knowing his/her applications will still > work, to get a new feature or a fix, it makes the job of support much > easier. It also makes small, incremental releases viable. No one's > upgrading to server 200x at the moment, because they know longhorn is on > its way and it will break backwards compatibility. And you have me caught in a fist of logic. Its hard to argue with that when the only Windows copy that I have running here is Windows NT4 and that is becuase I need that for Domino work. For some obscure and idiotic reason the people at IBM dropped the UNIX/Linux client back in version 4.6.7a and we never saw it again. Dennis
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