Longhorn promises backward compatibility
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Microsoft techies spent a lot of their stage time on Monday trying to show that Longhorn will not only spark a wave of new development but will preserve investments in existing applications.
"Barring security issues," programs built to Win 32 specifications will also run in Longhorn, said Jim Allchin, group vice president of Microsoft, Redmond, Wash. Programs built atop the .Net Framework will also run in Longhorn, although they will not be able to take full advantage of its perks, Allchin said at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.