Why would Microsoft design Vista to be incompatible with current software?

Question

I just got an email from my accounting software company advising that my 2005 version will not run on Vista.

Answer 1

It's called collusion. Microshaft makes their crap incompatible so you're forced to by a new accounting program, and the new accounting program is incompatible with old Lose versions.

It's illegal, but hardware and software manufacturers do it anyway.

Website builders do it too to prevent people from using old or non-Microshaft and non-Linux OSes. Microshaft's website was caught targeting Opera's web browser, DELIBERATELY writing CSS and javascripts which caused Opera to display the page improperly.

However, if you told Opera to identify itself as "Infernal Exploder", the Microshaft website wouldwork just fine.


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Answer 2

MC Hummer is right on target. This is the Vista nightmare - a bloated, hardware-hungry operating system which won't run devices on your existing XP drivers. It's why many people will be sticking with XP for several years, or rebelling and going over to Linux like I have. The best Linux is PCLinuxOS http://www.pclinuxos.com - there's a stunning new test release out now which everyone is trying to get their hands on... it includes a state-of-the-art 3D desktop which makes Vista Aero look sad and lame.

Answer 3

If Microsoft would make Vista compatible with applications that run smoothly with XP, why would anyone feel the need to upgrade to it? It's just marketing issues here...

Answer 4

the same incident happened when Windows XP was first introduced to the world. when we thought this system wouldn't cope with our applications soon turned out to be Microsoft's pride. As soon as Vista comes out, applications will be tested on this system and everything will come back to normal