Re: Re: [ntdev] Win10 Release time, version and old driver support

Sure we can 'cause we can download the tech preview and see that it is not
a major overhaul of the OS. While there might be some things that break,
and you certainly need to test your stuff, it is clear from the public
previews what is going on.

Mark Roddy

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Marion Bond wrote:

> No one here can answer that question with authority. All that we can
> offer is our recapitulation of the long history of compatibility that
> Microsoft has ensured - clearly at immense expense and many hours of
> difficult work
>
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> So, getting back to the Windows 10 thing… is 10 supposed to be a major
> enhancement release like Vista seemed to be (there seems to be a lot of
> kernel functionality that is found in Vista and later)?
>
> PS I just took the OSR Driver class in Sterling, VA - it was very good. I
> am a total Windows device driver novice, so forgive my utter lack of
> knowledge of what is to come (and what has already transpired). That said,
> I have developed Linux drivers for years for a wide variety of hardware -
> outside of a small subset of use cases not sure that either platform is
> really any better than the other.
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