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Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by markrages on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:11PM (#14199058)
> I've always wondered why no modern OS has gone the route of creating a "compatibility layer"

You could even hold down the Commodore key while booting to get a mode compatible with the previous system.

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Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by digi_owl on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @11:53AM (#14204081)
Yep. Many of their products stood or fell relevant to their C64 compatibility.

Once a install base has been built up, compatibility (or lack there of) can make or break you.

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