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No, this is a legacy, backwards-compatibility problem.
How to make a cool $2MM+ in one day -- with a sparkle pony 2010
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The thing that irks me the most is the backwards-compatibility (or lack thereof).
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Xbox 360, 8 months later 2006
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Why not releasing it on PS2 and counting on backwards-compatibility?
Echochrome 2007
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Nintendo and Microsoft had previously announced backwards-compatibility and game downloads for their systems.
PlayStation 3 To Play Oldies New Sony Console Will Play Old Games 2006
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That's a problem with any solution -- it starts out targeted, but adds more features, which usually increases the learning costs for new users while simultaneously restricting the new areas a project can enter due to the needs for backwards-compatibility and user habits.
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Although SDXC cards aren't really on the market yet, once they arrive, they'll face the same backwards-compatibility issues that SDHC cards do.
PCWorld 2010
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Adding paradigm-shifting cool new UIs will still work without breaking backwards-compatibility and without restricting developers to one language/toolkit.
Planet Maemo Thomas Perl 2010
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By maintaining backwards-compatibility and leveraging proven tools and infrastructures, IEEE 1149.7 also upholds substantial industry investment in earlier IEEE
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Although SDXC cards aren't really on the market yet, once they arrive, they'll face the same backwards-compatibility issues that SDHC cards do.
PCWorld 2010
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Although SDXC cards aren't really on the market yet, once they arrive, they'll face the same backwards-compatibility issues that SDHC cards do.
PCWorld 2010
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