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[Maxim Sobolev]

Erik,

It's funny, the history repeats itself. We was having similar discussion 
with you 3 years ago. :)

-Maxim

Erik Trulsson wrote:
 > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:09:03PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote:
 >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:44:09AM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
 >>> Paul Richards wrote:
 >>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:16PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
 >>>>
 >>>>> Paul Richards <paul at originative.co.uk> writes:
 >>>>>
 >>>>>> Imagine something like Photoshop being written on the most recent
 >>>>>> version of Mac OS X and finding that compatibility only worked
 >>>>>> forward.  That would mean that most users out there would have to
 >>>>>> upgrade their OS in order to use the most recent version of 
Photoshop!
 >>>>> Yes, that is usually how it goes.
 >>>>
 >>>> I don't believe it does. Can anyone provide real world examples of
 >>>> this happening that we can consider?
 >>>>
 >>> You know, I'm completely outraged that I can't use MSWord 2005 on my
 >>> Windows 3.1 system!  I even installed the win32s library!  Don't those
 >>> bozos at Microsoft care at all about forwards compatibility?
 >> We're talking minor releases across stable branches here. This
 >> issue is not whether 6.1 should run on 5.3 it's whether 5.4 should
 >> run on 5.3
 >>
 >> I would expect software developed on XP service pack 2 to be able
 >> to run on a fresh CD install of XP.
 >
 > I wouldn't be so certain about that.
 > Case in point:  Last year a friend of mine bought a new computer, but
 > could not use the sound device on the motherboard due to a lack of
 > drivers. The sound drivers included with the motherboard (as well as
 > those available from the manufacturers website) only supported Windows
 > 98SE and later, while she was using plain Windows 98.
 >
 > Another example is that there are several Macintosh programs that will
 > only work on MacOS 7.6 or later, and thus will not run on MacOS 7.5.5
 > (which is the latest version that can be downloaded for free from
 > Apple.)
 >
 > That is two examples from the commercial world of not having forward
 > compatibility between minor releases - I am certain many more examples
 > can be found.
 >
 >
 >
 >