[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/6/2024 8:01 PM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <unccdr$ns66$4 at dont-email.me>, ldo at nz.invalid (Lawrence
> D'Oliveiro) wrote:
>> There seems to be this persistent myth that Microsoft never breaks
>> old software in new Windows versions. In fact, Windows has become
>> so complex that it is impossible for them to avoid such breakage.
> 
> Their record remains pretty good for well-behaved software. I've been
> producing the same stuff for Windows since NT 3.51 days. The only time
> I've had compatibility trouble was at Vista, where a bug we'd had for
> years that did not provoke problems on XP or older started showing up.
> And that was our own fault.

Yes. Some Windows API's get deprecated, but they don't get
removed.

It is practically always possible to get old code running.

Possible is not the same as working out the box.

Sometime one need to enable certain Windows features.

Sometimes one need to download and install something.

Like Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable version XXXX for x86/x64.

Arne