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Re:Emulating Win32 by Dalewyn on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:18AM (#34500925)
It must be repeated that Microsoft's absolute devotion(servitude?) to backwards compatibility is nigh unparalleled.

Yes, there will be some amount of inevitable jank, but by and large the latest version of Windows will happily run software originally written almost 30 years ago for Windows 95.

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Re:Emulating Win32 by AshamedCaptain on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:09AM (#34501337)
On this very thread we have the example of WineVDM, a product whose mere existence shows that these days it is Wine who has better backwards compatibility. Better than Windows itself.
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