> On Feb 22, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Ron <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2/22/20 5:12 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >> On 2/22/20 2:39 PM, Andrus wrote: > [snip] >> This is a different issue and involves a product VFP that is EOL 5-10 years >> depending on support package. I'm going to say the hand writing is on the >> wall and it is time to upgrade software. > > I don't know where you work, but where I work, old programs where the source > code disappeared ages ago, but have worked reliably for 15+ years is > distressingly common. > > Breaking userland backwards compatibility is a mortal sin, and one of the > reasons that MS software is so popular is that they work so hard to not break > userland backwards compatibility. > > --
Apparently at the expense of forward compatibility;) > Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.
