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		icarus_drowning on March 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man upgrades Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 (video) While this is true, there is certainly a point where backward compatibility becomes a bit absurd. I'd personally peg it around the 15-year mark.

flomo on March 3, 2011 [–]

Absurd, and extremely profitable for the vendor which provides it. IBM mainframes can run binaries that are nearly 45 years old for example.

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