Re: Microsofts responsability ?

On 07/01/2006 "crazy carma" <crazycarma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Thanks for your reply Paul , I agree with your points , and I understand how
>difficult it is to write even the simplest programs , but is Microsoft not
>the creators of all the windows os ( 3.11 ,95 ,98 ,NT ,2000 ,xp etc...? ) why
>can't they keep some sort of basic code that is common to , and compatable
>with all their systems ? each time they improve the next version they seem to
>lose somthing from the previous versions , why can't we simply run a 3.11
>program on xp for example ? and why the big change with xp ? I never had such
>compatability issues when upgrading from 3.11 to 95 to 98 . Don't get me
>wrong , I think xp is great , it allows the user to do so much more with much
>less hassle and easier setup , but I'd still like to be able to run older
>programs , here's hoping they get it right the next time out .
>
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>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
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Are you willing to put up with a Windows system that will take 4GB of RAM and
require 80GB of hard drive just to maintain compatibility with older versions
of Windows? Hell, XP is BIG already.

Also, to maintain compatibility, would not all the Widows programs, utilities
and games HAVE TO come from Microsoft? Aren't they already too big??

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