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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by dpritchett on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:00PM (#25132714)
Yes! Today is a good day to reread Phil Haack’s 2014 essay on the lengths MS goes to for backwards compatibility: https://haacked.com/archive/2014/05/27/backwards-compatibili...

Edit: Haack heavily cites Raymond Chen from 2003: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20031015-00/?p=42...

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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by stouset on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:10PM (#25132769)
On the flip side, supporting all that backward compatibility has been a massive anchor on Microsoft's ability to move Windows forward from decisions made in the past.
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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by Ericson2314 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:17PM (#25132812)
Yeah Microsoft is a like King John signing the Magna Carta to keep the thrown. Apple is like Louis XIV.
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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by dmichulke on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:15AM (#25134699)
I believe you mean throne.

Still, as developer on the JVM I find the concept of a "Game of throwns" exceptional.

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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by aspyct on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:33AM (#25135217)
Ahah, "Game of throwns". Can only imagine the disaster :D
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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by MaxBarraclough on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:07AM (#25135872)
Be sure to catch every episode.

And optionally rethrow.

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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by Ericson2314 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:23PM (#25140351)
Oops!
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Re:World of Warcraft 9.0.2 client runs natively on Apple Sil... by macintux on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:10PM (#25132770)
And of course Sinofsky from this summer.

https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/apples-relentless-stra...

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