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The Cosmic Fool:
I'm not a programmer. So it might be best to ask one of the programmers on here. I do know however that the kernel is different. It's a hybrid kernel. And on Vista, I've had some successes with XP programs and some only work in compatibility mode. As far as I know, XP was just a remastered NT. People were worried when XP shipped that no games would work because few games it seemed worked on the Windows 2000, NT, etc. They ended up working fine. Games and programs that refused to run on 2000 worked on XP.

It remains to be seen what Vista is based off. Visually it looks like XP, keeping similar characteristics. But I think MS changed alot under the hood. Or at least enough to make some programs not work automatically. Like I said again, I'm not sure. But that is my best guess.

Scytale:
You scared me for a second:

the NT kernel (NT 4.0, XP 2000 etc) is a hybrid Kernel anyway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_kernel

Like Linus says it's just a bunch of marketing hype.

Accroding to wikipedia, Vista still uses the NT Kernel...

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/04/25/application-compatibility-in-vista.html

I've had a read of that article seems to allay my fears a bit. I'll definately have to look into it deeper though

The Cosmic Fool:
Yeah, you're probably right. Well, I guess we'll find out in 6 months to a year how Vista is going to pan out in the long run. Certainly not worth $400 for Ultimate Extras though, that's for sure.

nihilist:
Personally, I want to see an MS OS based on Singularity.  That'd allow them to cut the whole backward compatibility BS that those poor fuckers have to deal with.

Catfish_Man:
Heh. It'd also break so many expectations users have built up ("whaddya MEAN plugins aren't allowed??!"*) that they'd have a hard time selling it. Neat OS though.


*or at least they have to run as external processes; perhaps programmers could adapt to that successfully...

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