Hey JAY!

Aug 07 10:07 06, JAY EMRIE wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 JE> For the most part virtually all program/OS developers have a very 
 JE> good
 JE> record of backward compatibility.

Outside of MS itself I would agree.

 JE> number of cases in which that isn't so. I still run and use a 
 JE> dBaseIII+
 JE> program in XP.

A Borland program.  Right?

 MK>>I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

 JE> Bet the farm? No way, Jose.

A very wise decision methinks.

 MK>>'mistakes'.  Your guru sounds like he has potential wrt these issues.

 JE> No, Wilk isn't one to do that. He doesn't write/compile programs.

Even better since that has a tendancy to make one more subjective.

 JE> I was under the impression that backups had two main purposes:
 JE> 1. Give one the ability to recover grunged data in case of a 
 JE> disastrous
 JE> failure. This would enable one to recover and use his programs and 
 JE> data
 JE> if his HD totally failed - I have had to do exactly that. My HD 
 JE> became
 JE> unusable  due to a mechanical failure. I used True Image to restore 
 JE> ALL
 JE> to a new HD.

 JE> 2. A means of migrating his data to a new OS when changing OSs. I 
 JE> have
 JE> done that also. As I said earlier, present day programs rarely can be
 JE> restored to a new OS - they must be installed and then the data
 JE> migrated to the new program/HD/system..

Sounds to me you are on top of the issue or at least on the right trail.

Life is good,
Maurice

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