Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code

[Alister]

On 15/01/16 18:55, Bernardo Sulzbach wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Alister <alister.ware at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>> Doublespace disk compression springs to mind
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> Does not ring a bell, I was not even born for MS-DOS 6.0.
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it was exactly the scenario described

A company had developed a means of impo=roving the Fat file system (IIRC 
by using a pseudo file system on top to eliminate the wasted space 
caused by incomplete blocks & the end of files)

Microsoft engaged in negotiations to include the technique in MSDOS
the pulled out at the last minute (after obtaining all the technical 
details) & introduced their own version which operated almost identically.

heck PCDos was initially written by a 3rd party who was ripped of by 
Microsoft.

Microsoft are the goto example fro the three 'E' approach to development.

Embrace
Extend
Extinguish