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[–] UndercoverUlrikHD 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Windows/Microsoft's biggest selling point is the backwards compatibility though. It has been the corner stone of their software development.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

The point being you build something new and run the crusty compatible stuff in a sort of “virtual machine”.