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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 08 October 2010 16:49:54 Aaron Bentley wrote:
> On 10/08/2010 11:25 AM, Julian Edwards wrote:
> > Michael went to great lengths to ensure that his work was backwardly
> > compatible and that nobody was forced to do anything, and from my point
> > of view I thought he did an incredible job.
> 
> From my perspective, backwards compatibility was not a virtue.  We did
> not want to be left behind.

Absolutely - it was just there for breathing space so we could land the work 
without immediately impacting you guys.