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From: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:16PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> writes:
> > Imagine something like Photoshop being written on the most recent
> > version of Mac OS X and finding that compatibility only worked
> > forward.  That would mean that most users out there would have to
> > upgrade their OS in order to use the most recent version of Photoshop!
> 
> Yes, that is usually how it goes.

I don't believe it does. Can anyone provide real world examples of
this happening that we can consider?

-- 
Paul Richards