Windows 7 To Break Backwards Compatibility, mistake or not?
Previous versions of Windows provided backwards compatibility with older versions of windows, making it easy for users to upgrades as their favorite programs would still work.
However,Windows 7 will not be binary compatible with older versions.By not being binary compatible with previous versions of Windows and being built from the ground up, will give Windows 7 significant performance improvements.but it will increase the upgrade pain for users who may find that some of their existing applications will no longer work and will need upgrading. (more…)