> Microsoft 30 years ago was the gold standard for bending over backwards for backward compatibility

And for reselling you the same office suite every couple of years.

(Full disclosure, I worked there in the 2000s... So if anything I should be biased the other way.)

Right, but if you bought office 2000 it was established that you would get to keep using office 2000 for as long as you wanted

asveikau 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Correct, but my point was if they had taken measures to counteract that nobody would have been surprised.

There are probably still a minority using Office 2000 out there, because it still does everything they need.

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