It makes no sense. Why are they always trying to maintain backwards compatibility for USER INTERFACE DESIGN?!!? :agony: These programs couldn't be that hard to rewrite right? Are they just that lazy?
These programs couldn’t be that hard to rewrite right? Are they just that lazy?
Every single part of Windows is depended on by some unmaintained and abandoned third-party software (up to and including incredibly dumb shit like dialog box sizes, fonts, and ancient DLLs), and if a Windows update breaks that software a whole business could collapse. Microsoft is shackled completely to the whole multi-decade history of Windows. Rewriting anything without breaking any of the billions of windows apps out there is a monumental engineering task.
This is just another reason why FOSS is the only viable model. If your software breaks on the latest version of something, you, (or coders/consultants hired by you) can fix it. Depending on Microsoft or any other corporate entity to preserve your ability to operate is ludicrous.
I wouldn't be surprised if they release some 32-bit enterprise version of windows 11. I think some big enterprises need it to run some 16-bit software.
It makes no sense. Why are they always trying to maintain backwards compatibility for USER INTERFACE DESIGN?!!? :agony: These programs couldn't be that hard to rewrite right? Are they just that lazy?
Every single part of Windows is depended on by some unmaintained and abandoned third-party software (up to and including incredibly dumb shit like dialog box sizes, fonts, and ancient DLLs), and if a Windows update breaks that software a whole business could collapse. Microsoft is shackled completely to the whole multi-decade history of Windows. Rewriting anything without breaking any of the billions of windows apps out there is a monumental engineering task.
This is just another reason why FOSS is the only viable model. If your software breaks on the latest version of something, you, (or coders/consultants hired by you) can fix it. Depending on Microsoft or any other corporate entity to preserve your ability to operate is ludicrous.
I wouldn't be surprised if they release some 32-bit enterprise version of windows 11. I think some big enterprises need it to run some 16-bit software.