Ian Murdock covers an awkward situation that forces backward compatibility. Changes in Vista are causing problems for a third-party software that works on Intuit Quickbooks. The backward compatibility can always be guaranteed within a scope. [Continue]
Ian Murdock illustrates the importance of backward compatibility. I believe it is extremely important to backward compatible, after all it is like a contract with your customers, the older ones. It will not be of much value to the newer ones, until they grow old with the product. [Continue]