Stalkid64 said:I remember I talked about a leaked alpha once...
*psst!*hey, Microsoft...*cough*
Will my existing Win32 and .NET apps continue to run under Longhorn without modification?
The goal is that apps written against the documented Win32 APIs and the .NET Framework will absolutely run well without any modifications under Longhorn when it ships.
Chris Sells, MSDN, October 2003
Q: If I deploy an app with .Net Framework V 1.1 is it warranted that my app will continue running in future Framework Versions no matter .Net what version comes?
A: Future version of the .NET Framework will have the same backwards compatibility requirements as the Win32 API, which is to say the Framework will remain compatible, and most apps will upgrade from one version to the next seamlessly.
Just like Win32, however, there will be compatibility bugs, and no matter how much testing we do, it's impossible add features and perf improvements to an API while *absolutely guaranteeing* no one will ever hit a compatibility issue.