Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> Because almost no software will run on it any more.
>> Seriously. I'd still be using WinNT if it wasn't for that.
> 
> Now consider why it might be that new software doesn't run on old OSes, 
> even tho the old software runs on the new OSes.  Maybe it's because the 
> new OSes provide more services and functionality that the programmers 
> like to take advantage of to make their lives easier?

More likely M$ rearranged some API to induce an artificial dependency, 
but anyway...

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