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Discussion on: What are you "old enough to remember" in software development?

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Every time Microsoft brings in some flashy "new" thing, they break the compatibility of the old, or throw the "old" out of the window. Every. Single. Time.

  • Remember the incompatibilities between DOS 2.0, DOS 3.1, DOS 3.3, DOS 4.0, 5.0, etc?
  • Remember the data access methods, OLE, ODBC, DAO, ADO, and whatever the newer approaches were called that I've lost track of.
  • Remember the time Microsoft introduced the flashy "Silverlight"? Microsoft finally throw that into the ditch, and consequently throw our company, who relied heavily on Silverlight, under the bus as well.
  • Again, Every. Single. Time., the examples are endless.