Originally posted by yogi_berra
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Linux implemented much more elegant solution, cutting the problem in the root.
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Else, why would someone even think of need of "compability" box?
Yes, windows is huge mess by design. You can't avoid this mess if you plan to run proprietary applications which will never be supported at some point of time, which very probably will never have bugs fixed.
They are soo greedy, that the only point of connection they agreed was lowest binary level and API entry points. You can probably make best OS for this kind of applications by freezing features at sharp versions and then running every application in own virtual machine to bind on the actual version. This is exactly what windows is doing and planning to do.
It is like having 9000 people each assigned own translator, which makes overall errata rate (plus those of translators) to whole new level.
The system where everyone explicitly declares his needs and communicates directly (which is package management in essence) is actually the best solution. And for those, who don't like to assemble things together manually, there are binary packages.
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