Still more fun?

[Jakob Eriksson]

Has anybody else thought of using DLLs (like ReactOS' dlls) as a 
compatibility
layer to different Windows versions?

I.e. when you distribute your Windows app, you also throw in a bunch of DLLs
that implement lots of functionality you aren't sure exists on your 
target otherwise.

(Windows 2003 functionality on Windows XP, 2000 and NT for instance.)


It would be a way to avoid upgrading Windows. This would be good for 
developers,
users and the Open Source community. The longer it takes for Microsoft 
to shove
out a new version of their OS, the more time Open Source has to 
infiltrate. :-)

I first had the idea when a program of mine refused to run on Windows 95
when it was compiled with Visual C++ .NET. It "needed" some XP functionality
in a DLL not present on Windows 95. Well, I created a dll with the same name
and distributed it with my program.

//Jakob