rc bug/not working

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Originally Posted by cbk1994

The whole point of an operating system upgrade is that things change. Try running software written for Windows 95 on your old Windows 7 installation and then get back to me. A lot of the stuff is forwards compatible to a degree, but no popular OS claims to maintain total compatibility moving forwards.

Windows, OS X, and most flavors of Linux all change. Windows is honestly the most conservative when it comes to making changes, too. They literally hack program-specific fixes into the OS code (or at least they used to) to keep outdated or poorly-written software from breaking on upgrade. Software on OS X tends to break every few years.

Stefan needs to update RC, it's naive and impractical to expect Microsoft to keep it working forever on an OS that is different than the one it was written for.

Yes, but at least Linux (which is just a kernal) based systems usually offer an open source community where YOU can fix it yourself. Microsoft doesn't.

And my point was, a working peice of software was broken because microsoft made a change, not stefan.. everyone here pretty much agree's that microsoft's update broke it.. it's stefan that needs to "fix" it tho.. however, if microsoft hadn't broken it, it would still work.

Originally Posted by Crow

As far as I know, they still do.

Windows does change, that's only natural. Your comparison with a test doesn't really make sense either. Let's rather compare this to any machine that is being frequently used. If you don't maintain that every once in a while, it will work less efficient, then stop working at all at some point. Developers don't have to update their software for more recent operating systems, but if they choose not to, things will not run. It's rather simple.


Edit:

You could've argued in here, but whatever. I did name two reasons for BSoDs, I believe that qualifies. But alright, let me elaborate: it's either faulty hardware, faulty/incompatible drivers or software which is going farther than it should. In any case, it is usually not Microsoft's case, like way too many people make it out to be.

Microsoft, the only OS that told me "keyboard not detected, press any key to continue".. .. simply put BSoD is a critical error.. as i said when you tried to correct me..