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Those legacy ciphers that still exist are included only for backward-compatibility purposes.
The InfoWorld expert guide to Windows 7 security Roger A. Grimes 2010
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But I reckon if you took 50 of the smartest devs in Microsoft and gave them a project like this to sink their teeth into, they'd probably beat out Vista, if they didn't have to worry about the backward-compatibility issue.
Abandon Vista. We don’t need another desktop OS « Squash 2006
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The Windows Revolutionaries believe Windows is so beyond repair that Microsoft should simply start over from scratch with a new version, forging backward-compatibility in the process.
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The Windows Revolutionaries believe Windows is so beyond repair that Microsoft should simply start over from scratch with a new version, forging backward-compatibility in the process.
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But I reckon if you took 50 of the smartest devs in Microsoft and gave them a project like this to sink their teeth into, they'd probably beat out Vista, if they didn't have to worry about the backward-compatibility issue.
2006 March « Squash 2006
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While there'll be 30 titles out on launch date and 10 more every month, the vast backlog of Nintendo games will be accepted thanks to the system's backward-compatibility.
Archive 2006-11-01 Thatsnews 2006
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While there'll be 30 titles out on launch date and 10 more every month, the vast backlog of Nintendo games will be accepted thanks to the system's backward-compatibility.
Exclusive: Unbeatable Reviews Nintendo Wii Thatsnews 2006
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Lion did away with some backward-compatibility features Quicken needs.
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Word is the NGP will utilize flash storage-based games and will have backward-compatibility with original PSP and PSOne games that can be downloaded to the device through the PlayStation
CNET News.com 2011
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The technology is still new enough that the kinks and the potential backward-compatibility issues haven't been completely ironed out.
PCWorld 2010
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