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If Microsoft themselves end up having to do this much rewriting of existing applications to run on a new version, how much does the rest of the world end up spending for each upgrade cycle?

Wouldn't it make more sense for someone to maintain a shim library or something similar?
Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding   Posted on: 02/04/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Help me understand  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/04/08
Shim = Complexity Sprial  Dataland | 02/04/08
Which is why...  ego.sum.stig@... | 02/04/08
Amen, and the further in the software stack the more the problems  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/04/08
Complexity? MS just loves it...  alf@... | 02/06/08
It makes far more sense  fr0thy | 02/05/08
or...  pavka@... | 02/05/08
Value proposition  D. T. Schmitz | 02/04/08
Because they serve different purposes  Tiggster | 02/04/08
Did I read this correctly?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/05/08
"You don't add crap that doesn't serve a purpose."  fr0thy | 02/05/08
I take it you haven't used windows server 2003 then?  dhavleak@... | 02/05/08
Suck whose what?  fr0thy | 02/05/08
...did you ever run other machines?  alf@... | 02/06/08
Deja Vu All Over Again  Chad_z | 02/05/08
RE: What will run on Windows Server 2008 -- and when?  cne@... | 02/05/08
The DC Role is most important to me.  jmiller1978 | 02/05/08
Server 2008  akaralia | 02/05/08
RE: What will run on Windows Server 2008 -- and when?  robbiex | 02/05/08
Microsoft Sham  ceh4702 | 02/05/08
I take it you've never used windows server 2003 then  dhavleak@... | 02/05/08
oops -- please delete  dhavleak@... | 02/05/08
Sql Server 2008  magallanes | 02/05/08
When will Micrsoft wake up and relaise.....  carlsf@... | 02/05/08
.Net 1.1?  dmdude | 02/05/08
Europe is watching  JelMin | 02/05/08
Time for Microsoft to be divided  tony@... | 02/06/08
RE: What will run on Windows Server 2008 -- and when?  rgdcc@... | 02/07/08
Funny how IE7 comes with 2008 Server...  jmiller1978 | 02/08/08
RE: What about SFU? Services for Unix  dstrom | 02/15/08
RE: What will run on Windows Server 2008 -- and when?  J.Allyn | 01/19/09

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