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Decisions, decisions

This of course means we must maintain two complete code libraries and make certain the end user uses the right one. Yes I agree that Vista will be a dominant OS at some point down the line, but for a developer it's some distance away and we have to write code today.

So in other words, you're going to have to do a rewrite regardless [1]. Your only choices are when and to what.

The thing you've got to ask yourself [2] is, "how soon will the platform shift again?" At some to-be-determined point on the churn spectrum, you're better off going to an environment that's under your control rather than a (potential) competitor's.

[1] The proverbial metaphor is rape. That's overstating the case and trivializing rape.
[2] Besides "Do I feel lucky?"

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