Re:1Sub.dev – A world where people pay for software
by MichaelZuo on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:16AM
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No, they are perfectly usable and functional even on Windows XP or Vista or 7 computers that haven't been touched or connected to the internet since 2012.
Re:1Sub.dev – A world where people pay for software
by xNeil on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:37AM
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That's not backward compatibility then - those are the systems it was made for (Windows 7 would then have been made backwards compatible for Office 2003).
It's backward compatibility if Word 2003 runs on the later Windows versions - like Windows 10 and 11. I don't know the answer to that, but I'm sure someone here does.
Re:1Sub.dev – A world where people pay for software
by MichaelZuo on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:45AM
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Oh, I wasn't responding to the first point, of course Microsoft takes backward compatibility seriously.
Though it's possible to mix and match so the OS backwards compatibility isn't the full story.
i.e. a launch copy of Word 2003 works on later OS updates, yet the final patch version of Word 2003 also works on a 2009 launch copy of 7.
Even if they don't work on maintaining Office 2003 directly, they indirectly work very hard making sure every subsequent version of Windows does not break Office 2003.