My company distributes its software products on Win2K and WinXP. We are
upgrading our production environment and are deciding whether to build our
products using Win2K or WinXP.

In terms of compatibility does it make a difference? Would we be less likely
to avoid problems if we build on Win2K and distribute to Win2K and WinXP/
(I'm used to thinking of cross-version compatibility as "upwqards but not
downwards").

Thanks for any insight...

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Michael Kairys
SL Corporation
[ Cross-posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general ]

"Michael Kairys" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> My company distributes its software products on Win2K and WinXP. We are
> upgrading our production environment and are deciding whether to build our
> products using Win2K or WinXP.
>
> In terms of compatibility does it make a difference? Would we be less likely
> to avoid problems if we build on Win2K and distribute to Win2K and WinXP/
> (I'm used to thinking of cross-version compatibility as "upwqards but not
> downwards").
>
> Thanks for any insight...

The best option is to develop on the lowest common denominator
platform (in your case, Win2K), and then qualify it on XP. The
main reason being, OS features are more additive than subtractive,
i.e. more features are added in later Windows versions than are
removed.

Rick